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...Democratic incumbent is vulnerable, it could be critical to the Republicans' chances of keeping control of the Senate. Democrats, who currently have 45 seats, need to win six new seats to become the majority. And Democratic candidates are either tied or in the lead in Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Tennessee, all seats currently held by Republicans. But a loss in New Jersey by Menendez would virtually ensure that Republicans still retained control of Congress, even if they lost all those key races...
...that we do.”While the HUPD document cites 327 burglaries and 180 larcenies taking place on campus in 2005, a similar report released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Department cites 71 burglaries for the same time period, and the University of Pennsylvania Police Department noted 72.But in small print at the bottom of the MIT report, the MIT Police Department concedes that their official table of numbers doesn’t include larcenies. They write that there were in fact 451 larcenies at MIT in 2005—a number more than double HUPD?...
...into the rabbit hole of protective isolation and mauled to death if they emerge. And be honest: Do they deserve any better? Maybe not. But maybe society as a whole does. The nation teetered between sorrow and rage last week after Charles Roberts, a 32-year-old milkman in Pennsylvania's Amish country, committed his incomprehensible murders of five girls in a one-room schoolhouse, before turning his gun on himself. The fury over Roberts' savagery was made worse when he told his wife by cell phone shortly before the killings that he had molested two toddler relatives, both...
...child to protect would not also want to tie a bell around the pedophile's neck before a potential offense can become a real one. It's in that clash of strategies that the tension lies, but it's a tension we'd best resolve soon. The tragedy in Pennsylvania is a terrible reminder of the price of waiting...
...struck such a resounding chord with a class of African-Americans that a couple of years later, a record number of African-American candidates are vying for upper-tier political offices. From gubernatorial candidates Deval L. Patrick ’78 in the state of Massachusetts, Lynn Swann of Pennsylvania, and Ken Blackwell of Ohio to senatorial candidates Michael Steele of Maryland and Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, more African-Americans than ever have stepped up to bat in what can be considered the major league of our nation’s political arena. Obama is not the only reason...