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...cutting "Wuh. Uh. Oh." for the song "Good Morning Baltimore" - cue the audience to the tone and intent. Winokur, with a voice that shouts High School of the Performing Arts in its "Fame" years, gives the "Oh" that diphthong that identifies anyone from Baltimore (or from Philadelphia, South Jersey or Delaware; it's a widespread contagion from which many of us are not cured...
...Jersey Torricelli's ethical lapses have put him in a swamp of bad publicity, but he's got money and a machine behind...
...neck and neck with G.O.P. rival Doug Forrester, a former small-town mayor who made his fortune helping companies hold down prescription-drug costs, although one new survey shows Torricelli in a free fall. A Republican insider concedes, "We could easily lose this." Why? For one thing, New Jersey is increasingly Democratic. The state, which backed George Bush 56-43 in 1988, went for Al Gore 56-41 (plus 3% for Ralph Nader) in 2000. "It's not like Massachusetts, where they're baptized Democrats," says Torricelli pollster Josh Benenson. "They've become that way on the issues." When Forrester...
...couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator, in a calm soothing voice, says, "Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. The guy's voice comes back on the line...
...Bombay, in any stratum, survival often means keeping up with transient gangster bosses. Local toughs enslave the poor, taking a cut on everything from beggars to brothels. The thugs owe their power to their bosses, who call themselves Bhai, or brother, and live abroad in Pakistan, Dubai, Kenya, New Jersey?far beyond the reach of Indian police. From these lavish lairs the mobsters run their empires?and, if the Shakeel tapes are to be believed, they run up hefty bills with cell-phone calls to Bollywood royalty. Few stars can escape the nagging apprehension that one day the phone will...