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Under current state law, companies can hold a maximum of three liquor licenses—a rule that prevents many grocery-store chains from selling beer, wine, and spirits. But the proposed initiative, which appears as Question 1 on ballots statewide next month, would allow licensing boards to issue as many as 2,800 additional wine permits to food stores. It would not loosen restrictions on beer or hard liquor sales...
Representative Weldon has accused CREW of orchestrating last week's raids for maximum impact just before an election. But the FBI is part of the Bush Administration's Justice Department, and CREW's initial complaint against Weldon was filed more than two years...
Many librarians expressed disappointment when Smiley did not receive the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Along with other affected libraries, Harvard College Library submitted victim impact statements urging the court to punish Smiley under the fullest extent...
...what it is privately calling it's "firewall" strategy, the Republican National Committee has recently spent close to $4 million in three crucial Senate races - Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee - in the hope of holding Democratic gains to a maximum of five seats. No new RNC money has gone to House races during that time. Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee last week decided to pour an additional $5 million into Senate races, compared with roughly $2 million in new get-out-the-vote funds being funneled through the House-focused Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "There is a real sense that retaking...
...parents of murdered children. This year it was held in Phoenix. The parents are divided 50-50 between those who want vengeance and those who have offered mercy. So they wander between seminars, and for every parent seeking legal help to ensure their child?s murderer gets the maximum sentence, there was another parent who had forgiven the murderer, in person, and even embraced him. A main reason this conference has lasted for 28 years is because both kinds of parents are welcome...