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...Officers received a report from the Cambridge Police Department that a person was possibly attempting to steal a bicycle by the Kennedy School of Government. Officers determined the person was a Harvard affiliate who had lost the key to their lock...
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, it?s beginning to look a lot like 2000. Democrats are already accusing Republicans of intimidating voters in an attempt to steal the presidential election; Republicans are already accusing Democrats of committing voter fraud in an attempt to steal the Presidential election. It?s nice to know that no matter which party loses this election, it will already have an explanation why. Both sides are yelling, ?Remember Florida...
...Ironically, the parties may see a big upside to all this squabbling. Accusing the other side of trying to steal the election through fraud or intimidation will probably encourage turnout on both sides, as voters mobilize to ensure the other side doesn?t ?steal? the election. But in this partisan atmosphere, when voters are swapping conspiracy theories daily about the other party?s dirty tricks, God help the country if this election is close. With all the potential for an election day breakdown, the eventual loser may simply refuse to accept the results...
...initiative is being financed by Californians who want to try it in Colorado instead of their own backyard," says Katy Atkinson, a Denver political consultant who heads Coloradans Against a Really Stupid Idea. Atkinson and other opponents of 36, including Republican Governor Bill Owens, accuse Democrats of trying to steal votes for Kerry. They also believe future candidates will not bother to campaign in Colorado if they're only going to win a portion of its nine votes. The amendment, however, has some popular appeal. A Rocky Mountain News poll conducted last month found 47% of respondents supported...
...M.I.T.'s Lincoln Laboratory in the '70s and '80s can tell similar stories. My point is not to boast about our exploits but to point out that most of what passes for new at any given time has in fact been around for quite a while. Or, to steal a line from the science-fiction writer William Gibson, "The future is already here. It is just not uniformly distributed...