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...contrast, the Delaware Plan would let small-population states such as Rhode Island and Alaska go first (after the traditional Iowa and New Hampshire primaries), medium states next, and so on through four successive stages that culminate with large states like California, Texas and New York. By the end of the process in June, only 53 percent of the delegates would have been selected before the big boys weighed...
...homestead law, the provision varies from state to state. Five states--Florida, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas--have unlimited exemptions. Whether a residence is worth $10,000 or $10 million, it can't be touched by creditors. Five other states--Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island--along with the District of Columbia, have no homestead provision, meaning a person can lose his home in bankruptcy. The value of the exemption in the remaining 40 states ranges from $2,500 in Arkansas to $200,000 in Minnesota...
...found in 1957 at an Indian site near Brooklin, Maine, nearly all of them have turned out to be bogus. The Newport (R.I.) Tower, whose supposed Viking origin was central to Longfellow's epic poem The Skeleton in Armor, was built by an early Governor of Rhode Island. The Kensington Stone, a rune-covered slab unearthed on a Minnesota farm in 1898 that purportedly describes a voyage to Vinland in 1362, is today widely believed to be a modern forgery. So is Yale's Vinland Map, a seemingly antique chart with the marking "Vinilanda Insula" that surfaced in the 1950s...
With the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the eighth, freshman catcher Monica Montijo hit an RBI single to drive the Harvard women's softball team past Rhode Island, 1-0, in extra innings...
...call was a huge letdown for the team," Thoke said. "The ball to us was obviously fair, but Sarah did a great job to settle down and get the important walk. Rhode Island brought the infield in, and Monica was able to come through...