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...Chicago's. A standing-room crowd went wild and wilder in the ballroom of a Hilton hotel in downtown Cleveland as the number 270 got closer and closer. Meanwhile, about 45 excited students packed into a dormitory lounge on the Drake University campus in Iowa to watch election results roll in on CNN, nibbling on red, white and blue food (red salsa, graham crackers with white frosting and blue - O.K., technically purple - grapes) and drank red and blue Hawaiian punch. "It's just so inspiring to have this as your first election. It's exciting and humbling," says Hope Ashley...
...high-profile Orlando-area congressional races, longtime Republican incumbents are experiencing meltdowns. Seeking a fourth term representing the 24th congressional district, Republican Tom Feeney, tainted by his 2003 golf trip to Scotland paid by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, placed 6th on Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call's top ten list of most endangered congressional incumbents. And 8th district representative, Republican Ric Keller, seeking a 5th term, is 11-points behind wealthy lawyer Alan Grayson, according to a recent Democratic poll. - By Barbara Liston/Orlando
...Professor Callahan, on the other hand, is the epitome of that ruggedly handsome older professor and possesses an old-school “easy listening” voice, especially in “Blood in the Water,” a call to Harvard Law School students to roll up their sleeves and realize “you’re nothing until the thrill of the kill becomes your only law.” Supporting cast members contributed greatly to the performance. Natalie Joy Johnson was perfect as the ridiculous and bootylicious stylist Paulette, who becomes Elle?...
...seem simple to you, gentle voter. Set up some voting booths, recruit some senior citizens, roll out some "I Voted" stickers, and you have yourself a democracy...
...Siberian city of Barnaul, pensioners, angry with rapidly declining living standards and rapidly rising bills, last week stormed and occupied the Regional Administration Building, demanding more money. Russian sociologists are expecting a massive wave of similar protests and strikes to roll throughout Russia, not unlike those that shook the country in the 1990s, with angry coal miners blocking railways in Siberia and unpaid workers striking in the cities. Now some enterprises are again failing to pay their workers, while others simply go out of business. But disruptive protests would contravene a new labor code passed under Putin in 2001, which...