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...Even though his image, fundraising and lead in the polls slowly unraveled over the past several months, pundits still thought the 45-year-old Georgia native had a chance to make it a close race. But when the disappointing results from suburban Cobb County, a crucial conservative Republican stronghold for Reed, came in less than three hours after the polls closed, Reed conceded, already facing a 56% to 44% deficit with less than half the precincts counted...
...casino gambling and state lotteries with the help of $5 million from competing gaming interests in four southern states. "I would have voted for Reed, but it really bothered me that he took that money for casinos. I gave Cagle a chance," said Mike Craig, 46, a voter in Cobb County...
...There's been a huge surge in the business for roller luggage in the last two years," says Peter Cobb, a vice president and co-founder of eBags.com an online luggage purveyor that averages 170,000 hits a day. "They used to be only for business trips, but now people are using them as briefcases every day, and they're buying them like fashion items, every six months...
...issue. Last month Ricardo Beverly Hills introduced an upright roller with a built-in scale. "Anyone who's been through that embarrassing moment at the check-in counter when you're over the weight limit and you have to unpack in front of everyone will appreciate this product," says Cobb. Just lift the model off the floor, and a small screen under the handle will tell you whether you have overpacked...
...least bit outdated. That’s because there’s a certain timelessness to sports, baseball especially (the designated hitter is its only major innovation in the past century), that I cherish. The takeout slides brings us back to the days of Ty Cobb; the chin music evokes Bob Gibson. The game continues to possess its hallowed habits and ancient mysteries, unscripted, handed down orally, through the generations.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...