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...trump the crafty incumbent in basic politics. With scant policy detail, Latham's positive slogan of a "new politics" is reaching voters. Al-though lampooned by his opponents, Latham is best known for his views about reading to children to improve literacy and banning television junk-food advertising to counter childhood obesity. For many voters, especially suburban mums, his concerns are similar to their own: a parent of two young boys, worried about their education and health...
...They had very strong moves, and we had to work hard to counter these,” McDaniel said. “But it worked. And with 30 strokes to go, we knew...
...dozen states likely to have initiatives on the November ballot to pass anti-gay-marriage amendments. The aim is to get gay-marriage opponents to the polls, says a Senate G.O.P. aide, "and while they're in the booth, they'll pull the trigger for Bush and Republicans." Moderates counter that conservative voters are already motivated and that Republicans should be more worried that pushing a gay-marriage amendment will turn off the more vital swing voters. "We have so many more important issues to grapple with," says Chafee. "This is just a distraction." --By Douglas Waller
...quixotic act of counter programming, Canadian comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly released Seth's defiantly low-key "Clyde Fans Book One," ($19.95; 156 pp.) Wednesday against the roaring hype of Sony Pictures' movie adaptation "Spider-Man 2." It was a marketing non-starter of epic proportions with "Spider-Man 2" setting an opening day record of over $40M, according to hollywoodreporter.com. Opening day sales figures for "Clyde Fans" were unavailable at press time, but it's safe to say it made less than $1M. Of course if success is measured in terms of humbleness, dignity and art, "Clyde Fans" trounces...
Kids who suffer from frequent headaches are using over-the-counter pain relievers more than they should, according to a study presented at the American Headache Society's annual meeting last week. In a survey of nearly 700 children and adolescents ages 6 to 18 who had been referred to the Cleveland Clinic because of chronic headaches, 22% were using pain relievers like Advil, Aleve and Tylenol as often as 15 to 20 times a week, and 1 in 7 was taking the medication without telling a parent. Experts caution that overuse of such drugs can lead to "rebound" headaches...