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DIED. PAUL WELLSTONE, 58, Democratic Senator from Minnesota, along with his wife, daughter and five others; in a plane crash in northern Minnesota. (See page...
...President Bush's struggling Homeland Security bill before the new year. Optimism, though, was hard to find among G.O.P. officials, who fear a possible repeat of what one G.O.P. Senator called the "Jean Carnahan syndrome." Two years ago, Carnahan's husband, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, died in a plane crash while campaigning. His name remained on the ballot, and the deceased Carnahan defeated Republican incumbent John Ashcroft. Jean Carnahan was then appointed to fill his seat for two years...
...these reasons and more, we were disappointed to see politics enter Wellstone’s memorial service last Tuesday night. It began as a somber gathering, with heartfelt speeches from personal friends remembering the senator, his family and the other people who died in the plane crash. The organizers intentionally kept the focus on Wellstone as a person rather than as a politician. But unfortunately, the service ultimately degenerated into partisan rhetoric; the mourners cheered Democrats and booed Republicans who had come to pay their respects to one of the Senate’s most dedicated public servants...
After paying his respects to Sen. Paul D. Wellstone (D-Minn.), who died last week in a plane crash, Hatch gave an account of his collaboration with Kennedy, stressing his conviction that he has gained much throughout his career from working with liberals...
...goalie can stop a shot he can’t see,” said sophomore forward Brendan Bernakevitch. “If we crash the net, if we get in front of his vision, get second chances and get rebounds… A goalie is only so good. He’s not perfect. If we play hard, we’ll get a couple...