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...Actors Moving Forward treasurer candidate Kent McCord, of Adam-12, said, "I have never seen an attempt to obliterate the truth in the manner the Melissa Gilbert campaign has." The election was seen by many as a referendum on Harper-supporting outgoing president William Daniels, the voice of Knight Rider's K.I.T.T., who was faulted for his handling of the commercial strike this year. Others chose to see this election as a really funny mudslinging feud between '70s TV stars...
Electric bikes have never been cool. After all, what self-respecting rider would let a battery do all the work? But fuel-cell technology, which uses pollution-free hydrogen gas to generate an electric current, could ignite electric-bike sales. The first prototype, from Italian bikemaker Aprilia, stores compressed hydrogen in a 2-liter metal canister housed in the frame. With a top speed of 20 m.p.h., the bike won't win the Tour de France. But it weighs 20% less than regular electrics and travels twice as far, about 43 miles, before it needs more gas. Now that...
...EASY RIDER...
...University of Hartford successfully defended its ECAC Championship title with a total of 299 after one day of play, 9 strokes ahead of runner-up Rider University...
Given the cost, it's no wonder those who succeed attain hero status among their peers. The veterans love to spin dramatic yarns about an 83-year-old barrel racer who competed while legally blind, a one-armed calf roper, and a 66-year-old bronco rider who managed to beat a group of 20-year-olds. Pride motivates the tales, especially because the current crop of rodeo seniors considers itself the last generation to hone its skills by working on ranches rather than at specialized roping schools or college rodeos. "So many people get older and begin to shut...