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...Despite his difficulties, Purcell won the election and joined the legislature in 1986. During the five terms Purcell spent at the state capital, he continued to focus on children’s issues and was elected chairman of the Select Committee on Children and Health...
Vegas, Baby. THEhotel Las Vegas, a boutique luxury hotel within the Mandalay Bay hotel, is offering two promotions. Winter Wonders offers rooms for $129 per night with the third night free on select dates from Nov. 23 to Jan. 6. Exotic Escape offers rooms at $119 on select dates through Jan. 6 and includes discounts for resort services and events (TIME's Joel Stein raves about the Mandalay Bay's shark reef and pool), as well as a $150 "fly back free" certificate that can be used with major airlines. See the hotel's promotion page for details...
...comes out of this White House - which they consider one of the least environmentally friendly ever - feel differently. "If you thought the first 100 days of the Bush Administration were bad, just wait and see what the last 100 could bring," said Democratic Representative Edward Markey, chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming...
...citizen of a swing state, I must admit that Tuesday’s election was rather nerve-racking. I had already sent in my absentee ballot two weeks ago, but I was worried whether the rest of the state would follow my lead and select the intelligent choice. Missouri after all is arguably divided into two states when it comes to politics—two large enclaves of blue in St. Louis and Kansas City surrounded by a sea of rural red extending from the northern plains down into my dear Ozark Mountains. Sure there would be large turnout...
...help them avoid oversampling Democrats. Here is how an exit poll is supposed to work: pollsters stand outside more than 1,000 precincts around the country, all of which have been scientifically chosen to represent a particular area. As voters leave their polling places, the interviewer tries to randomly select about 100 of them to fill out a questionnaire...