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• Hanna bears down on Southeast as Ike weakens
In Providence, R.I., workers cleared storm drains and stocked up on sandbags and residents were urged to buy supplies. "If nothing else it's a good dress rehearsal for Ike if Ike were to come," said Peter Judge, a spokesman for the Massachusetts ...
• Community organizer’ becomes a punch line
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said delegates reacted with laugher to the phrase “probably because a lot of folks don’t have much of an idea of what a ‘community organizer’ just might be.
• McCain will say Obama has no record
The attack-dog role Thursday night was expected to be filled by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a close friend of McCain’s and one of his most trusted advisers.
• Ethanol, once darling, is losing some luster
John Thune, R-S.D., said his party "got it wrong" on this issue, and he doesn't see how cutting the mandate fits with reducing the country's dependence on foreign fossil fuels.
• Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch
Federal inmates are allowed limited viewing in common rooms with some restrictions — for instance, they can't watch R-rated movies. In Pennsylvania, inmates received notices telling them they'd have to pay for converter boxes for the TVs they are ...