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Palm Beach County's missing ballots on the national radar
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsWith obligatory references to the 2000 presidential election recount, national newspapers and political blogs turned their attention this weekend to Palm Beach County and its latest election fiasco. The national scrutiny surfaces despite distractions like...Tags: Regional Elections, Sarah Palin, Washington Post Company, Local Elections, Newspaper and Magazine
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Soros behind effort in Mass. to decriminalize marijuana
Associated PressA measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros. Of the $429,000 collected last year by the group advancing the...Tags: Citizens Initiative and Recall, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Mutual Funds
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Bhutto's widower elected president
Los Angeles TimesThe election of the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to the presidency marked an emotional moment for the slain leader's supporters yesterday, but many Pakistanis wondered whether Asif Ali Zardari could successfully tackle the country's...Tags: Benazir Bhutto, Civil Unrest, Wars and Interventions, Pervez Musharraf, National Government
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Hooray for checks and balances
The Supreme Court ruling to remove amendments 5, 7 and 9 from the November ballot is one of the major decisions in the history of the Florida court. To remove from the ballot three amendments placed there by a committee appointed by the governor,...Tags: Local Authority, Elections, Clermont, Court Administration, Voting
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Bolivia's Morales faces a challenge from fellow Indian
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRenowned as the cradle of Bolivian independence, this colonial town in the south-central highlands has become a front line in a new battle that is threatening to rip this South American nation asunder. The pugnacious prefect, or governor, Savina Cuellar,...Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Injuries, Constitutional Issues, National Government
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Third-party candidates make their cases in court
Of The Associated PressIt's decision time for several political outsiders who want to take on establishment candidates in the Nov. 4 election. Challenges filed against and, in one case, by third-party candidates have prompted courtroom debates over the validity of petition...Tags: Regional Elections, Elections, Political Candidates, Court Administration, National Government
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The darker side of labor unions
Special To The SentinelIn the Aug. 31 Orlando Sentinel, Bruce Nissen, an employee of a union think tank funded by public tax dollars at Florida International University, wrote an eloquent apology for advocating the elimination of secret-ballot elections because in the war of...Tags: Unions, Family, Employees, Foreign Aid, Retirement
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East Hartford Superintendent Leaving; Bennet School Reopens
East Hartford schools lose their superintendent, Manchester celebrates the opening of a renovated school building, and South Windsor proposes to spend $117 million to replace two school buildings and renovate two more. Here are summaries of some of the...Tags: Grant Hill, People, Death and Dying, Elementary Schools, Drug Trafficking
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Long Island primaries feature series of rematches
rick.brand@newsday.comLong Island's primaries Tuesday could be considered the political version of television summer reruns. All three major party primaries revolve around rematches - Waldo Cabrera, an independent who tried to run on the Republican line two years ago and...Tags: State Budgets, Long Island, Real Estate Sales, Hillary Clinton, Steve Levy
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West Hartford Names Interim Official; Bloomfield Sets Referendum
Ron Van Winkle is named as interim town manager named in West Hartford. Bloomfield schools set a referendum for November. An 85-year-old in Windsor gets married and a convicted felon from Hartford is sentenced to 10 years for criminal possession of a...Tags: Judaism, Electronics, Economic Policy, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Elementary Schools
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Flashback 1940
By Nancy Watkins . . "The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody who is sober enough to stagger to the polls."—will Rogers Still a dry spell . We've heard from the Democrats and the Republicans now. But convention coverage...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, Republican National Conventions, Elections, Political Candidates, National Government
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Md. regents endorse slots referendum
Wading into a political debate, the state Board of Regents unanimously endorsed Friday a plan to install 15,000 slot machines at five locations across Maryland. If approved by voters in November, slots would provide a dedicated revenue source for...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling, Marvin Mandel, Heads of State, Casino and Gambling Industry
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