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...seat were New Orleans Police Department superintendent Warren Riley and New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan, whose respective departments have lately been at odds over how to deal with the city's post-Hurricane Katrina crime wave. In 2006, even with a drastically reduced population, New Orleans had 161 murders, four times the national average. In the first 10 days of 2007, at least eight people were killed...
...alcohol-horror movie When a Man Loves a Woman thinks he's good enough and smart enough - and doggone it, enough people like him - to be the next U.S. Senator from Minnesota. On his final Al Franken Show, he announced that he is running to reclaim the seat that Sen. Paul Wellstone lost when he, his wife and daughter were killed in a plane crash two weeks before the 2002 election, and which was won by Republican Norm Coleman. The New York City-born Franken, whose parents moved to the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park when he was four...
...last segment of his last show, Franken made it official. "I've decided to move on to another challenge... I'll be running in 2008 for Paul's seat." With an artful blend of humility and pride, he said, "I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota." Sounding a tad like Stuart Smalley, Franken said he was running "to help our country become everything I hope it can be and everything I know...
...friend’s living room in Chicago and listened to Barack Obama discuss his decision to run for a senatorial seat in the Illinois State Legislature. I remember thinking how great it would be if this articulate and thoughtful young man could eventually emerge as a national political figure. Since that time, Obama has not only become one of the country’s most influential political figures, but also a serious candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Yet, many question whether a black American can overcome the odds and ascend to the most powerful political position...
...League, but the top only has enough room for one team. With the two squads facing off, only one would leave with the coveted spot.After the final whistle sounded, the rightful owner of the top position was clear. Harvard was firmly planted in the driver’s seat the entire time, as the Crimson led Princeton from start to finish to claim a definitive victory.“I think we played pretty well overall,” Hallion said. “We did a good job containing their scorers and did well on defense, but we need...