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Clinton supporters in Ohio were equally cautiously optimistic. Ken Perdue, 53, admits that, as recently as a week ago, his confidence in Clinton was beginning to wane. "I got really worried that people would go for Obama," Perdue said. "He had won all those other states, and people like to support a winner." Hope returned over the last few days, however. Clinton seems energized and personable in her campaign appearances, Perdue said, and she has retained a narrow but stable lead in the polls. "I really think she's going to pull this one out," Perdue said...
...hours-long affair that has of late become synonymous with cringe-worthy musical numbers and ludicrously unnecessary movie montages. This year proved no exception. Pity the lovely Amy Adams, forced to awkwardly sing her way through “Happy Working Song” and to dance with a Ken Doll come alive during “So Close.” At least Kristen Chenoweth got carried off stage during her musical moment. And then there were the montages–oh, and there were many. Thanks to the Academy’s desperate preparation for an unscripted ceremony...
Sometimes it's hard to muster enough critical detachment to report a subject fairly. Take the changes to London's congestion charging scheme that were unveiled at a ceremony in City Hall this morning. Ken Livingstone, the capital's two-term Labour Mayor - currently campaigning to win a third stint in May 1 elections - announced that from October onward, drivers of high-polluting vehicles will have to pay a punitive ?25 or $50-a-day toll for city-center journeys. The chief focus of Livingstone's wrath are the four-wheel drive vehicles he calls "Chelsea tractors": shiny gas-guzzlers...
...McCain has his flaws," says Ken Duberstein, a former chief of staff to Ronald Reagan, "but everyone is starting to recognize that he's the most electable Republican out there." As if to dare Republican pooh-bahs to keep dragging their feet, McCain is holding a top-dollar fund raiser at a Washington steak house favored by lobbyists, on Jan. 28, the day before the Florida primary. The message: Get on board now, before McCain's nomination is a fait accompli...
DEFINITION pri-zoomd ken-sent n. A government policy under which a person's consent to donate organs after death is automatically presumed unless the person explicitly opts out. The policy removes the need for organ-donor cards or even family approval...