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...does this thing end? Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris went to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday and made two requests - that all election-related lawsuits be organized and heard by state court in Leon County in Tallahassee, and that all hand recounts be stopped in the meantime. The high court hasn't even decided whether it will listen. (Follow the filings at www.flcourts.org...
...life-enhancing, even lifesaving role, particularly as we age. In study after study, researchers have found that people who have strong social relationships live longer--and happier--lives. In a recent study of 2,800 people 65 and older in New Haven, Conn., for example, Carlos Mendes de Leon, at the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, found that those who had more friends were less likely to become disabled and more likely to recover if they did suffer a period of disability. In an earlier study of 11,000 people 65 and older, Teresa Seeman...
...candidate who reinvents his campaign as often as he changes his wardrobe. "Once he locks in, he'll lock in and be much tougher to move, whereas Bill Clinton used to continue to cogitate even after he made a decision," says former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta...
...space of a 20-minute speech-preparation meeting," says Harvard law professor Christopher Edley, an occasional adviser. Gore studies an issue until he can argue all sides with such certainty that aides sometimes have no idea which one he will ultimately take. But then the Vice President reaches what Leon Fuerth, his longtime foreign policy adviser, calls a "firing point." The meetings get smaller, shorter and more focused, a forced march to a conclusion. And sometimes Gore's conclusion is an idea that wasn't on the table in the first place: after spending more than a year studying...
...great," parent Leon W. Tucker said. "It shows what the students are doing collectively, as well as the mindset of studies, hip-hop, social issues, academics and school spirit...