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According to Robert Winters—creator of the Cambridge Civic Journal, a website that comments on local politics—an early special election, which he said probably could not take place until late February or March, would be most beneficial to Flaherty, who has run for this seat before and garnered regional name recognition...
...December issue of Democracy is making waves in the higher-ed world because it describes how a lot of colleges are keeping student-assessment data confidential. He spoke with TIME education correspondent Gilbert Cruz about why parents - and public officials - should demand more accountability from colleges. (See TIME's special report on paying for college...
...grabbed the political spotlight, the Administration was struggling with that dilemma. Senior national-security officials met in mid-December to figure out what to do with the 90-odd Yemeni prisoners who make up the largest contingent of the 200 or so remaining detainees at the offshore facility. A special task force set up a year ago concluded last fall that the U.S. doesn't have sufficient evidence to successfully prosecute any of the Yemenis in either civilian or military courts. Still, the task force concluded, about half of the prisoners are devoted members of al-Qaeda and therefore...
...They faced long odds of winning re-election in their home states - though Dems believe they now have a much better chance at holding on to Connecticut than North Dakota. Dodd, as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, had unpopular bailouts to contend with and a scandal over allegedly special treatment on his mortgage; Dorgan likely faced a tough battle against a popular GOP governor in a Republican-leaning state that disapproves of his vote for health care reform by a 2-to-1 margin. But there's little doubt that each had also tired of the partisan sniping that...
...Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track. "We see more and more people in their late 50s early 60s, who in years past would've been moving into the prime of their careers, decide to leave." (See TIME's special on Ted Kennedy...