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...giving them props - and it was surprising how often the local residents in places like Algona and Mt. Pleasant would mention to me how extraordinary these kids were. They reminded me, in classic, solipsistic boomer fashion, of my own generation? of the remarkable political activists who went down to Mississippi to register black voters and marched against another war, and came to politics in the Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy campaigns of 1968. That generation's - my generation's - passion gave us the propulsion to quickly move to the center of political life and the media. The end of their...
...first of this month. The nine scoreless minutes to open the game doomed the Georgian team to its third loss in a row. The Owls will not play between now and the Harvard matchup.Georgia Tech posted a 44-point second half to come from behind and defeat Mississippi State, thanks in part to senior forward Janie Mitchell’s 23-point game, her forth 20-plus point game on the season. This marked the Yellow Jackets sixth victory in program history over a Southeastern Conference opponent. GT’s arsenal holds a second shooting threat in senior guard...
...Suspicion in the suburbs Cherry Hill is home to the first large indoor mall east of the Mississippi (built in 1961). Just four miles east of Philadelphia, the town is a crowded patch of box stores and neighborhoods. The parents of at least four of the defendants had moved to Cherry Hill from bigger cities to give their children a safe place to grow up in. Four of the six attended Cherry Hill High School West, and all are longtime friends. Three - Dritan, Shain and Eljvir Duka - are brothers...
Lott plans to step down before the end of the year, which means Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour can replace him with a Republican who can then run as an incumbent in a special election next year. But retiring GOP Senators from Virginia, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Idaho are all planning to serve out their terms--leaving their seats open to challengers and, in many cases, divisive and expensive primaries. Republicans also have four vulnerable Senators running in purple states in 2008: New Hampshire, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon; some of them are trailing in polls. Senator Ted Stevens' corruption woes...
...support government interference with "medically necessary procedures prescribed by health care professionals." The poll found that 55% of respondents wanted abortion rights protected by federal law. Still, anti-abortion efforts similar to those in Colorado are currently under way in at least a dozen other states, including Georgia, Mississippi and Michigan, while officials in two states - Montana and Oregon - have already given such attempts the official thumbs-down...