Word: connecticut
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Curfews "essentially place an entire demographic under house arrest for the inappropriate actions of a few," says David McGuire, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney in Connecticut. Restricting citizens to their home during certain hours of the day, he and others argue, violates the right to assemble, the right to travel freely and other basic due process rights protected by the 14th Amendment...
...Because what's a GOP convention without the Bushes? Tuesday marked at least 60 years of the family's attendance at these gatherings, going back to Philadelphia in 1948, when a Connecticut banker by the name of Prescott S. Bush attended as a delegate for the first time. They'll always be welcome - as long as they aren't the two-term incumbent in the family...
...featuring Joe Lieberman and, making a late appearance in the Veepstakes, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Sources close to the campaign and the candidate say that if McCain could make his decision based solely on what he wants, he'd go with Lieberman, the Democratic-turned-independent Senator from Connecticut who served as Al Gore's running mate in 2000. Picking Lieberman, however, would be a huge gamble for McCain. Social conservatives, having only recently come to terms with McCain himself, would loudly oppose the selection of a pro-choice New Englander who, on nearly every issue except national security...
Nugen has experience working on conventions, serving as deputy chief operating officer for the 2000 convention in Los Angeles and lending a hand in Boston in 2004 from his perch as deputy national field director at the DNC, a post he assumed after working on Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman's failed bid. Nugen rose through the ranks at the DNC, ultimately becoming director of the chairman's office. He turned down a job helping to run the convention from the DNC side to work for the Obama campaign...
With young diversion seekers embracing beer pong, it was only a matter of time before the real-life drinking game spawned a virtual version. JV Games designed Beer Pong, a video game for the Nintendo Wii. But concerned parents and even Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal sent angry letters until the company agreed to change the title of the game to Pong Toss. "We never anticipated such a severe reaction to the word beer," says Jag Jaegar, co-owner of JV Games. Pong Toss hit stores July 28 with a rating of E for everyone...