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...primary campaigns since 1988, Democratic nominees have wrapped up their races with relative ease early on, meaning the proportional rule - and the full implications that come with a long, closely fought, three- or two-person race - have never been taken out for a drive. "We haven't seen anything like this," says Tad Devine, who hammered out 13-B in 1988 with his counterpart from the Jackson campaign (party rules maven Harold Ickes, who now works for Clinton). "We have always theorized about it, but it will be tested for the first time. Both candidates can keep collecting delegates...
...readers a day. Zhou, who called himself Zola after the 19th century French writer and activist, had hoped to inspire some of the country's 47 million other bloggers to join him in the good fight, roaming the country and seeking out injustice, armed only with a thumb drive, a digital camera, a BlackBerry and a Gmail account. "All the lack of democracy in China can be traced to the lack of press freedom," he told me earnestly last year as we sat in a tiny room where he had cadged floor space for the night from a fellow blogger...
...nimbly through barbed wire with a tray of canned fruit balanced on her head. The Palestinians cleaned out every shop on the Egyptian side: By afternoon, there was nothing to buy within a six-mile distance of the border; and even the Sinai town of El-Arish, three hours drive away, had been sucked dry of gasoline. One taxi driver who brought back cartons of cigarettes and gallons of gas to resell for a profit in Gaza said, "This should help feed my family for several months...
...similar to how a mobile phone company sells airtime. Agassi figures that if he adds electrical outlets to at least 500,000 of Israel's three to four million parking spots, people will feel like they can charge their cars whenever they need to. Since most people seldom drive more than 100 miles at a time, wiring workplaces and public spaces like shopping malls should keep most cars juiced. For longer drives, customers will be able to pull into a battery-swap station and get a fresh battery. Better Place, and not individual drivers, owns the batteries, which should keep...
...Petersburg's BC office closed down yesterday, with all the Russian employees summoned to the FSB. At the end of the day, the Ministry of the Interior cops visited the Russian staffers at their homes to drive the message...