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...surest signs that you're in a developing country is the trash beneath your feet, which has less to do with bad habits than the fact that arranging garbage pickup and disposal is a low and expensive priority for a poor government. And the Indonesian island of Bali, despite its breathtaking natural beauty, is no exception...
...campaign trail, Obama and Love sometimes challenge local police or fire departments to pickup games. In a game they played in early July, the two were on opposing teams, and Obama's team won. "For two weeks," says Love, "they were all like, 'I thought you played at Duke. I thought you had game.'" At their next game, in Sioux City, Iowa, Love stopped holding back, vowing "Never again...
...where one or two sheriffs deputies have to cover 1,000 square miles—you dial 9-1-1 and wait, often times, for two or three hours. Things have often turned out okay because there has been a handgun in most glove boxes and very few pickup trucks (not to mention homes) without a loaded rifle or shotgun. People knew that, and the crime rate was very...
...quarter: Gordon is doing a monster job in blitz pickup--not bad for a freshman in his first Game...
...Overall, Cook predicts a Democratic pickup of up to five seats with Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Maine at the top of his list. New Mexico, he said, becomes a Democratic shoe-in if presidential hopeful New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson decides after the early primaries to shift gears and run for the Senate seat being vacated by outgoing Senator Pete Domenici. Things start to get dicey in Minnesota, where the strongest Dem candidate appears to be comedian Al Franken...