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...Supreme Court decision--declaring the Second and 11th Districts unconstitutionally gerrymandered on the basis of race--has made this year's Georgia election something of a peach cobbler. All the state's 11 congressional districts had to be redrawn; African Americans lost their majority in two of three districts. Though conservative Republicans saw this upheaval as an opportunity, Cynthia McKinney is on track to defeat those expectations--and perhaps the odds--in the newly constituted Fourth. And the question much of the nation is asking is whether Newt Gingrich will be gone with the wind...
Outspoken and flamboyant, McKinney is Georgia's first black Congresswoman. In 1992 she was elected in the 11th District, which until last year was 64% African American. But she will seek re-election in the Fourth, which is only 33% black, because in 1995 the Supreme Court declared that the boundaries of the 11th had been unconstitutionally drawn on the basis of race. Her challenge now is to appeal to voters of both races, and with her campaign slogan, "Annoy Newt," she surprised onlookers by beating three white men to take the primary with 67% of the vote...
...clearly the best team in our league," Harvard coach Tim Murphy said of the Big Green, which has the ninth-ranked total offense (431.7 yards per game) and 21st-best scoring offense (29.7 points per game) in the country. Its defense has also been stingy, ranked 11th against the run and ninth in scoring defense...
...11th annual CityStep Benefit Ball will be held in the Children's Museum in Boston tonight beginning...
...close, an Ivy championship and post-season action are obviously on the player's minds. With the Ivy League a two-team race, Harvard needs a in-league win today to keep pace with co-leader Dartmouth, winners of two straight, including a 2-0 victory over 11th-ranked Massachusetts. Harvard and Dartmouth meet November 2 at Ohiri field in a match which may determine the Ivy championship and the NCAA...