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This is what it's like being Jesse Ventura at the millennium: you're always being dragged into the ring--by reporters, by opponents and by yourself. You're the Governor of Minnesota, and what you most want to do is, well, govern Minnesota. You've got plans: you want to raise hunting license fees and use the money to protect wildlife habitats. You want more state services available on the Internet. You want to abolish the two-house state legislature and replace it with a single house. And yet there are these distractions. You go to a Timberwolves game...
Separately, some advocates pursued this issue in the Michigan political arena earlier this year. Some Republicans, including popular Governor John Engler, supported them. Engler called for home-schooler access to public teams in his state of the state address. But proponents of a bill forcing the change were no match for John Roberts, head of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, the nonprofit that writes the rules for athletic eligibility, rules adopted by almost every school. Now in his 14th year as executive director, Roberts wields enormous influence over high school sports in a state that takes them seriously...
Given how long the cops took and how much ammunition the killers had, the death toll could have been far worse. But some parents still think it didn't need to have been as high as it was. They pressed Colorado Governor Bill Owens, who has appointed a commission to review Columbine and possibly update SWAT tactics for assailants who are moving and shooting. "There may be times when you just walk through until you find the killers," Owens says. "This is the first time this has happened." The local lawmen "didn't know what they were dealing with...
...smile is just a smile," the song goes, but with polls showing Governor George W. Bush falling behind in the New Hampshire primary, and after two underwhelming debate performances, the smile with enough wattage to light the national Christmas tree has devolved into the Smirk. It is actually a full-body tic: a pressing together of the upturned lips with a shrug of the shoulders and a preening tilt of the head that signals the Governor is awfully pleased with himself...
RETIRED. CHARLES BARKLEY, 36, NBA rebound king and quote machine, following a career-ending knee injury on his farewell tour; in Philadelphia. Barkley made the All-Stars 11 times in his 16-year career and has said he may run for Governor of Alabama...