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NORTH CAROLINA / Melvin Watt...
...floor of the House. "This is perhaps the Negro's temporary farewell to the American Congress," he said. "Phoenix-like he will rise up someday and come again." It took just over 90 years for the state to send another black to Washington, but here he comes: attorney Mel Watt is one of two African-American candidates considered all-but-certain winners in new North Carolina congressional districts that have black majorities...
...campaign trail Watt traverses his odd-shaped district -- it looks like a road-kill salamander -- in a shiny Dodge minivan, stopping to shake hands, wolf down fried fish and cheese puffs at dinnertime rallies, and spread his message: "We can't continue to widen the disparity between the haves at the top and the have-nots at the bottom." Watt well knows the have-not side of that great divide. He grew up near Charlotte in a tin-roofed home with no electricity or running water. But he went on to law school at Yale and a career...
...Watt, 47, compares the work he plans to do on behalf of his constituents to a class-action lawsuit. On his agenda: cut the defense budget in half over five years and shift much of that money to domestic priorities; fully fund Head Start; implement universal health care. "Let's send America a message that it's time for a change," Watt tells supporters, "and part of that change is to give...
Reardon said a malfunction with a 150-watt spotlight used to illuminate the window probably caused the fire. The lamp might have been dislocated when the window was re-installed last week, Reardon said...