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...from the blue-collar cheese steaks this city is famous for. That fact was not lost on then-mayor Ed Rendell, who, when courting convention planners from both parties, took GOP bigwigs to Le Bec-Fin and dragged Dems to a hoagie joint. The proof, to use that worn gastronomical phrase, is in the pudding: The Dems took their party to the left coast, while Republicans cheerfully descended on this most Democratic of cities. Was it the food? What else...
...different persona than what we've seen so far. By her own testimony, she's hardly the shrinking violet many in the media have portrayed her to be; she called her marriage to George W. a "partnership" and stressed her independence. She also offered a rebuttal to the well-worn rumor that she gave her husband the ultimatum that ended his career as a carousing, often heavy drinker. (When questioned about this last bit of speculation, her denial rang the first false note of the evening: She laughed it off, saying, "No, no. I never threatened him. We've never...
...weekend hackers who showed up last week for what its extreme-sports organizers call the "U.X. Open." The grand prize: an invitation to the finals in West Virginia later this year. But not everyone took the tournament seriously. Two of Leslie's buddies stuffed their worn golf bags full of ice cubes and Budweisers...
...oldest University in the country has changed in many ways, but the way it chooses its leaders has stayed constant. The committee will follow the well-worn path of soliciting suggestions for the next president by deluging students, faculty and staff with letters...
...Earl is crouching naked inside a cell at the Natchez police department while officers watch from a safe distance. He rises suddenly, all 6 ft. and 275 lbs. of him, hulking now over his captors. His psychotropics have long since worn off because he stopped taking them, and the police want to scoop him up and help him find rest in a bed finally ready for him at the state mental hospital. Instead, Big Earl has jammed his foot in the toilet, flooding the concrete floor. To lure him out, they have offered...