Word: districters
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...million African-Americans, would be legally denied the right to vote Nov. 3. Their report, entitled "Losing the Vote," identified the last group of mentally competent adults to be denied the vote in the United States: those who have been convicted of a felony. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have felony disenfranchisement laws which restrict offenders' voting rights. In 10 of these states, that disenfranchisement is permanent. A plea bargain for a first-time felony offense can mean losing the vote for life...
BOSTON: It happened to O.J. Now get ready for Louise Woodward: The Civil Trial. District Court Judge William Young ruled Thursday that the British au pair, who returned home earlier this year after an appeals court upheld her reduced sentence in the death of baby Matthew Eappen, was liable for "punitive damages." A court date was set for next January. Those damages would be in consideration of Deborah and Sunil Eappen's loss, a lifetime's worth of "companionship" from Matthew ?- for which compensation could, in theory, run into millions of dollars...
Fake sushi, plastic baguettes and phony pharmaceuticals clutter Thomas Trengove's studio on 247 West 30th St in New York City. In the 1970s, the maker of fakes began his career constructing acrylic furniture in the city's photo district. "Living and working there, I became exposed to the needs and the gaps in the photo business. We got requests from some of our furniture contacts to do props and I realized that this was something I was equipped to do." By 1980 he began his foray into the props industry...
...Garment District is your shopping venueof choice, this Bostonian retro fashionshow is making styles from the '50s and '70snouvelle and hip again. Proceeds go toward AIDScauses. 4 to 6 p.m., 1721 Washington St./ SouthEnd, Boston. $5 in advance, $7 at door...
Capuano says he believes the progressives of the district were not looking for promises, they were looking for pragmatism...