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...their getting together. Some of their black neighbors in the rural community of Branchville, Ala.--particularly the women--were so angry about the marriage that they picketed the couple's home and openly insulted Melanie, calling her "white trash." Darryl, who admits to having had a temper back then, struck back when someone fired into their home in 1996, and a gunfight erupted. Melanie's son Adam, then 13, was wounded...
...wasn't going to let either money or the possibility of spinal dislocation stop me exploring the ravaged glory of this country. And so we struck out for Spean Praptos?Cambodia's most venerable bridge?and the overgrown temples of Beng Mealea. This is a round-trip of less than 140 kilometers, but in Cambodia it's a bone-numbing, dawn-to-dusk odyssey...
...special three-judge panel struck down several key provisions of the landmark Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act. The act, popularly known as McCain-Feingold, closes loopholes in existing laws that allow wealthy special interest groups to spend unlimited sums of money on political candidates. McCain-Feingold is an important step towards a more democratic political process, where the overwhelming influence of special interest money is not allowed to drown out the voices of voters. The Supreme Court should overturn the panel’s wrongheaded ruling...
...three-judge panel struck down two crucial clauses. First, they ruled that the prohibition on unlimited donations to political parties, known as soft money, violated the First Amendment. The provision would have allowed for some “party building” activities while ensuring that soft money does not remain a back door method for the indirect funding of candidates. Soft money donations began in the 1970s as a way for parties to finance encouraging participation in the political process. But parties now spend the cash largely on attack ads that increase voter cynicism and provide little useful information...
...after all, senior Kenon Ronz—the grizzled veteran of Harvard’s young starting rotation—who caused the Big Green bats to crumble. Pitching in the tide-turning third game of the all-important series, the southpaw struck out nine and walked none to earn the complete-game victory...