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...found him in Charikar about 9pm, slightly dozy, and probably preparing for bed, He took our request to go to the village in good humor, though without enthusiasm. "Tea," he asked plaintively. No thanks, we said, we need to go. An aide wordlessly brought his ammunition belt, hat, gun, while he stood in the middle of the room like a knight preparing for battle...
...show a considerably calmer nation than even one month ago. Only one in five now say they have purchased or have considered purchasing bottled water or extra food in preparation for another attack, versus 33 percent in mid-October. Thirteen percent say they have bought or considered buying a gun or rifle, down from 20 percent in October, and six percent have thought about getting a gas mask, down from 12 percent in October...
...Earley, a longtime politico, put roughly $10 million into his attempt at the statehouse. Virginia, generally considered a solidly Republican state, has not elected a Democrat since Douglas Wilder won the vote in 1989. Observers say Warner won this year by staking out centrist positions on popular issues like gun ownership. Earley was also hurt by party infighting over budget and tax issues...
...rival, conservative Republican Bret Schundler. The GOP candidate was recently endorsed by New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the man with the Midas touch, but even that wasn't enough to beat back McGreevey's aggressive campaign to paint Schundler as a reactionary whose views on abortion and gun control were utterly out of sync with those of the general public. McGreevey was absent from the campaign trail for the last couple of days before the election; his wife is in the hospital with pregnancy complications...
Many of us were just starting to feel okay about flying again. And then, this weekend a guy made it through security at Chicago?s O?Hare airport with nine knives and a stun gun packed away in his carry-on bag. The would-be passenger, a 27-year-old Nepalese man on his way to Omaha, told federal investigators he?d "forgotten" about the weapons, which he?d bought for self-defense...