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...DIED. KEN CAMINITI, 41, the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1996, who later admitted to steroid use; of an apparent heart attack; in New York City. The third baseman led the San Diego Padres to a National League division title in 1996. In 2001, eight days after his retirement from the Atlanta Braves, he was charged with cocaine possession and had since failed several drug tests...
Name recognition and deep pockets can go a long way in politics, and beer magnate Pete Coors boasts both in the race to replace retiring Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Coors, 58, faces state attorney general Ken Salazar, 49, who has done a savvy job of playing up his humble rancher's roots; as he drives around in a pickup truck, the pro-choice Catholic calls for prescription-drug imports from Canada and a rollback of the Patriot Act. While attacking pork-barrel spending, Coors has stressed his business acumen and conservative values (favorite book: the Bible). Lately he has gotten...
...weeks that British engineer Ken Bigley was held captive in Iraq, I prayed that the gang that held him would listen to the voice of their conscience, even if that voice had become just a whisper, and spare Bigley’s life. But my prayers weren’t answered...
...over Kerry by a solid margin. Al Gore carried the women's vote by 11 percentage points in 2000, but it was still not enough to win him the White House. "Both parties have had a gender gap--Democrats with men and Republicans with women," says Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman. "At the moment, our gender gap has been fixed, and theirs hasn...
...members support Beach when he says Holy Cross represents "not a rebellion but a refocusing on what a church is supposed to be." The new, 200-plus congregation includes not just St. Alban's refugees but also ex-Episcopalians from all over north central Georgia. "I'm conservative," says Ken Lander, St. Alban's former praise and worship leader. "Foley took a stand, and I went with him. I couldn't raise my children in the Episcopal Church." Eight Bible-study classes and a baby-sitting service suggest that others feel similarly. If there is any looming shadow...