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...even the only one who speaks with an accent: Huffington, running as an Independent and a populist outsider, has hired advisers who helped wrestler Jesse Ventura win the Minnesota governorship in 1998. Businessman Bill Simon, the Republican nominee defeated by Davis last year, has claim to the conservative base that provides the Republicans with what little life they have in California. Ueberroth, though officially a Republican, will sell himself as a serious candidate with crossover appeal in a state where many voters still remember how he rescued the 1984 Olympics. And on the off chance that the entire exercise hasn...
Starting from a base in California, the graze craze is spreading across the country. Inspired by tapas, Middle Eastern mezes and East Asian small dishes, chefs are offering diners a greater variety of flavors on a multitude of mini-dishes, usually for less money than traditional-size portions and without a load of calories. Several cookbooks have recently been published that focus on the trend, including Meze: Small Plates to Savor and Share from the Mediterranean Kitchen (Morrow) by Diane Kochilas. The extravagant multi-tiered creations of the NASDAQ-fueled '90s have faded. Now the emphasis is on taste, according...
...senior moved closer to the U.S., and will undoubtedly view the succession as an opportunity to pull Azerbaijan back into its orbit. The Kremlin will be betting on Ayaz Mutalibov, a former Soviet communist party chief in Azerbaijan who lives in exile in Moscow. Another contender in exile, U.S.-based Rasul Guliyev, was the former parliamentary speaker. But both have been refused permission to register as candidates on technical grounds that they claim are politically motivated. The domestic opposition, which has already called Ilham's appointment a coup, is threatening mass demonstrations. Urbane and sinister, Aliyev rose through the ranks...
...Christ follower, I don't believe the union of same-sex partners is right. I am not a gay basher or hater because I believe God wants us to care, help and encourage each other in our daily lives, but I do believe gay marriage is wrong. I base my response on Scripture. Ben Romero Highland, Calif...
...scrutiny of military spending. Hospital Blast RUSSIA More than 41 people were killed and many more injured when a suicide bomber crashed a truck reportedly laden with more than a ton of explosives into the military hospital in Mozdok, the town in Northern Ossetia that is the principal rear base for the Russian war effort in Chechnya. The main hospital building was leveled. Last June a suicide bomber killed 20 people in the town, and Chechen guerrillas are known to move freely in the area. No one has claimed responsibility for the latest raid, but hard-line Islamist guerrillas...