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...have passed 17 of 19 proposed ballot initiatives that loosened tough drug laws. While Congress shows little interest in repealing stiff federal "mandatory minimum" drug sentences, some 700 drug courts have been created or are being planned by various states to shepherd narcotics abusers through treatment rather than prison. Utah and Oregon curtailed police powers to forfeit the assets of suspected drug users. Nine states have legalized medical marijuana, including Oregon, Maine and Nevada...
...possible exception of the President, will be more responsible for the success or failure of Bush's presidency. Which is fine by Rove. This is, after all, the culmination of a life's obsession. It began even before the mid-'70s, when Rove, then a college student in Utah, hit the young-Republican circuit with Lee Atwater, who became George Bush Sr.'s 1988 campaign mastermind. Rove, who dropped out to become a full-time operative, also worked for the father and thus met the son. He became the top consultant in Texas and eventually saw in Dubya a natural...
...this really help people understand the nature of executions, or is it essentially an exercise in voyeurism?" asks Flynn. Sure, some of us might secretly harbor a desire to watch McVeigh die, but does that make the execution itself newsworthy? Edward Pease, the head of the journalism department at Utah State University in Logan, thinks not. "It seems to me the news organizations could find new and better ways to use the expenditures they're already spending on the McVeigh story - think of the moment-to-moment coverage and all those splash pages you'll see on the networks...
...forget Jordan being carried off the floor of the Delta Center in Utah after single-handedly dismantling the Jazz even though he was ailing from...
...remarks at the Kennedy School of Government's ARCO Forum last night, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) praised the Supreme Court for what he described as a non-activist stance in recent decisions...