McCain: I’m Not Quitting Race
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GOP Presidential nominee John McCain dismissed notions that he might drop out of the race on Thursday due to lagging fundraising and low poll numbers.
June 30, 2007
News Roundup
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We look at what happens next as the latest iteration of a constitutional amendment on education falls into a kind of limbo, as restaurants and bars prepare for a new statewide smoking ban, as primary politics heats up and as a supreme court deadline to define adequacy in education reaches t-minus one week and counting.
June 29, 2007
Democrats Aim to Cut Guantanamo Funding by Half
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Democrats want to cut President Bush’s budget for Guantanamo Bay prison in half, beating the administration to the punch in shutting down the facility for terror detainees
News Roundup
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We look at what happens next as the latest iteration of a constitutional amendment on education falls into a kind of limbo, as restaurants and bars prepare for a new statewide smoking ban, as primary politics heats up and as a supreme court deadline to define adequacy in education reaches t-minus one week and counting.
Student Convicted of Threatening to Kill President Bush
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Vikram Buddhi, a Purdue University graduate student, was convicted of threatening to kill President Bush and Laura Bush and faces up to 35 years in prison. Full Story
Romney’s ‘Dog On Roof’ Story Sparks Outcry
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An example of Mitt Romney’s crisis management skills has turned into something of a political problem for the Republican presidential contender. Romney placed his family dog, an Irish setter named Seamus, into a kennel lashed to the top of his station wagon for a 12-hour family trip back in 1983.
News Roundup
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We look at what happens next as the latest iteration of a constitutional amendment on education falls into a kind of limbo, as restaurants and bars prepare for a new statewide smoking ban, as primary politics heats up and as a supreme court deadline to define adequacy in education reaches t-minus one week and counting. Full Story
Ex-Ala. Governor, HealthSouth CEO Get 7 Years in Prison
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Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy got nearly seven years in a bribery and corruption case that the judge said damaged public trust in state government.