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...Amid such genteel disagreements, there was one point of unanimity: the economic crisis will have profound political repercussions on both sides of the Atlantic, but it's hard to anticipate exactly what these will be. Certainly it's unclear whether voters in either country will take revenge on incumbent parties for their part in the mess or will shy away from younger challengers, preferring to put their trust in political veterans. It's the second scenario that Ed Cox, who heads up McCain's campaign in New York, told delegates in Birmingham he expects will give his candidate the edge...
...About 1 in 5 students nationwide smoke, and just how they'll be sanctioned on PASSHE campuses if they violate the ban remains unclear. At the moment, most smokers can expect a warning if they're caught lighting up; during a "smoke-in" event at Clarion on Sept. 15, campus police passed out yellow citation cards to protesters who were smoking. But, Marshall says, it is the state's department of health that will ultimately determine whether offenders should pay a fine, and how much that should be. Which still may not thwart all smokers. "If I'm going...
...remained unclear, however, how rebellious House Republicans would receive the deal. GOP Presidential candidate John McCain said Sunday morning that he hoped to support the package once he saw the details, and he consulted by telephone with Paulson throughout the Saturday evening negotiations, as did Democrat Barack Obama. Obama released a statement early Sunday calling the deal necessary, but also, "the culmination of a sorry period in our history...
...decision ends an unusual and high-risk personal effort by McCain to participate in negotiations between the two branches - though it is still unclear whether a deal is imminent or what difference McCain's involvement has made...
...North's latest gambit comes just weeks after reports that "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il suffered a stroke, so it's unclear who is making decisions in Pyongyang. Diplomatic sources have told TIME that while Kim did appear to be ill, he was not completely incapacitated. Aides to South Korean legislators say their bosses were told at a recent intelligence briefing to expect Kim to return to power. At any rate, there is little to no policy difference between the upper echelons of the regime and the North Korean military on the nuclear issue. In other words, whether Kim decided...