| Exit polls: Obama won across demographic lines
It follows a rough campaign between Clinton and Obama, who traded barbs with the senator and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, over the past week. Clinton and Obama battered each other during a Monday debate in Myrtle Beach. Obama criticized Clinton for serving on the board of directors of Wal-Mart while he was a community organizer in Chicago, while Clinton accused Obama of representing a "slum lord" while working as a lawyer there and criticized him for voting "present" numerous times as an Illinois state senator. .
22 years and still jazzed about Disneyland gig: Strutting their stuff ...
For 22 years, a group of Arizona State University graduates have held squatters' rights to one of the choicest pieces of real estate on Planet Earth. The spot: At the bend of the river in Disneyland's New Orleans Square, just across from the Fantasmic! extravaganza on Tom Sawyer's Island. The grads: The Side Street Strutters, one of American's great Dixieland jazz bands, have been entertaining visitors to the park since 1985. .
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Protests Greet Nuclear Power Resurgence in US South "Residents and environmental activists are in a bitter dispute with large U.S. energy corporations and the federal government over the safety of nuclear power, as more than a dozen corporations plan to, or have filed, paperwork to open new nuclear power plants, primarily in the U.S. South. There's a whole suite of incentives being pumped out by the federal government to try and cajole the utilities back into the game." Inter Press Service (1/14/08) U.S. Groups Band Together to Stop Nuclear Transfer to India A diverse coalition of environmental and peace organizations in the United States is urging Congress to reject the Bush administration's move to send nuclear technologies to India.When Congress takes a close look at the Bush Administration's proposed agreement, it will find a dangerous, unprecedented deal," said John Isaacs of the Council for a Livable World, an arms control research and lobby group, which is part of the 23-member coalition.
CKX Announces January 10th Payment Date for Dividend of FX Real Estate ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CKX, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE) , announced today that January 10, 2008 will be the payment date for the previously announced distribution of shares of FX Real Estate and Entertainment Inc. stock to the CKX stockholders. CKX previously announced that the record date for receipt of the distribution was December 31, 2007. CKX stockholders of record will receive, on January 10th, two shares of common stock of FX Real Estate and Entertainment for every ten shares of common or preferred stock of CKX that they owned as of December 31st. The distribution of shares in FX Real Estate and Entertainment is intended to give CKX stockholders an interest in FXRE's location-based exploitation of CKX's Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali assets pursuant to the terms of FXRE's license agreements with CKX and its subsidiaries.
Mark Crews
Has served as a special master, Property Safety Division for the city, presiding over hearings on infractions of the property safety code.
Family: parents, Ray and Gloria Norton
Web site: www.vote-virginia.com
Why do you want to be a judge? It's something I've considered all my life. I'm a great advocate for my clients but I think my real talent is bringing people together. I want people who come to my courtroom to feel things were handled fairly and they were listened to.
There were several judicial openings this year. Why did you pick this race? I think you should go for a position you think you are best qualified for. Right now, in my career, that's county court. It's the people's court, the court where you have the most face-to-face time with people.
What should people expect out of a county court judge? I like to quote something Justice [Anthony] Kennedy said: "Judges are people who make decisions other people don't want to make."
What qualities have you admired in other judges? What qualities have bothered you? It's really important to have respect for everyone's schedule and stay on time.
Open ports to Cyprus traffic, says EU Parliament
The parliamentary vote and its reference to Cyprus resulted in increased interest on the situation on the island and particularly on the offer by President Papadopoulos for lifting trade restrictions on the breakaway state through the join use of Famagusta port under special arrangements. "The Famagusta proposal could be a showcase for cooperation and a good pilot (project), a concrete step showing to the people that a well balanced settlement supported by both parties would benefit both,'' Dutch MEP Camiel Eurlings, the EU Rapporteur on Turkey told me in an exclusive interview. Concrete "What is most important is to start talking about concrete measures, like those agreed in Paris, which could be a first step that provides a view of another future that will stress the advantages of the people coming together with the disappearance of the dividing line,'' Eurling said.
Emporia State holds off Missouri Western in overtime
We have a great group of seniors. We just buckled down and never gave up on each other." The opening minutes of overtime were scintillating. Emporia State's Caleb Tegtmeier broke the 62-62 tie with a three-pointer starting the extra period. "His (Townsend) shot was huge," said Tegtmeier, who finished with 15 points. "When you hit a shot like that late in the game, especially when you have been down most of the game, it lifts you up." Ray Brown immediately answered for Missouri Western with a three-pointer. Well, Emporia State topped Brown's three with a three-pointer by Andrew Davidson. But three minutes into overtime, Emporia State gradually took control, moving ahead 73-67. The Griffons didn't quit. A three-pointer by Brown closed the gap to 74-72 with 48 seconds left.
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