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• The politics of people
Two young Iranian parents smiled at me, showing mock desperation as their little boy and girl eagerly dragged them into a shop famous for its pistachio ice cream sandwiches. Around the corner, filling the side of a 15-story building, a government ...
• Alaska trooper says politics slowed drug arrest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate, a newspaper reported. Sherry ...
• Ill. panel recommends governor's impeachment
The House could vote as early as Friday on whether to make Blagojevich the first governor impeached in the long, sordid history of Illinois politics. Impeachment in the House would trigger a Senate trial to decide whether the second-term Democrat ...
• Bunkers, Barriers, Balls and Buses
In an interview with NBC4 after an appearance with us on WAMU’s “Kojo Nnamdi Politics Hour,” city administrator Dan Tangherlini said he’s aware of the potential noxious problem. Tangherlini said bus companies and organizations will be warned ...
• Democrats (1435)
Senate ‘the last bastion of plantation politics.’ ‘We are just faced with a hard-headed room of people in the Senate who want to keep an African-American out of the Senate,’ Rush said.” “Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid defended his ...