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...which details how the Democrats can win the election (and how they could blow it). He released a movie record of his 2004 tour, Slacker Uprising, free on the Internet, becoming the first major filmmaker to do so. He's got a website, MichaelMoore.com, a cross between the Huffington Post and a community-organizing bulletin board; last month the site pulled in 1.4 million visits. Moore's also on TV a lot, including appearances on Keith Olbermann's and Bill Maher's shows last Friday. And it wouldn't be a year divisible by four if there weren...
Auto executives, though braced for hard times, were clearly stunned by the latest data. "If you adjust for population growth, this is probably the worst industry-sales month in the post-World War II era," says Mark LaNeve, vice president of sales for General Motors, the nation's largest carmaker, which reported a 45% drop in sales. "In my 27 years, I never saw a month like this. It was like somebody turned out the lights." Mike DiGiovanni, GM executive director of market analysis, says that in absolute numbers, sales of 851,000 units in October were the lowest since...
...provision of a solid post-secondary education has become critical to the health of the American economy and the job prospects of young people all over the country. The costs of college attendance, however, have remained relatively high, and families everywhere are feeling the pinch. Significant tuition increases are anticipated at many schools, and financial aid programs may have trouble keeping up—especially at smaller private institutions. We are dismayed that this is the case; nevertheless, we believe that a pragmatic partnership of the public and private sectors has the potential to mitigate the effects of the current...
...voting - and with expected turnout approaching 80% in Florida, voting-rights advocates worry about congestion and overload. Stoking the anxiety is a shortage of poll workers in larger counties like Broward, where Fort Lauderdale is located. And McCrea warns that the Florida legislature hasn't provided for enough mandatory post-election vote audits. (It requires routine scrutiny of just one race - such as for President or a congressional contest - in each county, and for only 2% of the precincts at that.) "Routine scrutiny in the voting system is as important as it is in banking or airline maintenance," says McCrea...
...adds that Harvard Recycling lacks the authority to post signs and is forced to rely on the REP program to post information regarding recycling and waste reduction...