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...election cycle, Harvard academics had contributed over $200,000 to the Obama campaign in direct donations, and two of Harvard’s most distinguished law professors—Laurence H. Tribe ’62 and Cass R. Sunstein ’75, Obama’s erstwhile colleague at the University of Chicago—emerged as staunch backers of his presidential campaign. —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang can be reached ajiang@fas.harvard.edu. —Check TheCrimson.com throughout the evening for updates...
...Cuban-born cosmetologist who fled Castro's revolution in 1969, walked out of the polling station at the Salvation Army shelter in Hialeah late this afternoon and made it clear she'd voted for McCain. "I worry that Obama is a communist," she said. "I prefer the more direct way McCain and the Republicans handle Cuba." At the same time, Concepcion conceded that her 31-year-old daughter voted for Obama. "The Cuban community is very divided here today," she said...
...Obama Administration collapses toward the center, we'll see if Moore turns his disappointment into creative anger and makes a corrosive documentary on the light that failed. If Obama sticks to his liberal guns, and the right fights to strip him of his artillery, then Moore may for once direct a film that doesn't attack the crimes of the right but defends a man he believes...
...latest crop of voting innovations are not flawless either. "Direct-recording electronic" (DRE) equipment like touchscreens don't leave a verifiable paper trail. During a 2006 congressional race in Florida's 13th district, where DRE equipment is used, an astonishing 15% of voters cast their ballots for ... well, no one. According to the ballot results, some 18,000 voters hadn't registered a choice at all. That the election was determined by less than 400 votes made the lack of tangible records even more troubling. Florida Republican Governor Charlie Crist wants to scrap such machines, saying, "I get a receipt...
...therefore changing his course of action - by stepping back. "My trust in the Chinese government has become thinner, thinner, thinner," the Dalai Lama said to reporters on Monday, reiterating statements he has made over the past week that his faith in Beijing is waning. "I cannot take direct responsibility dealing with the Chinese government," he said. "If I say, 'I think this is better or that is better,' then people may not express freely," he said on Sunday. "Now it's up to the people...