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...watershed year for women--are likely to lose for failing to shake their reputations as ineffective legislators. As a result, Republican strategists are predicting the party will increase its numbers from 55 to 60--and possibly more, if G.O.P. challengers can eke out wins in close races in Wisconsin, Nevada, Washington and South Carolina, and if Republican incumbents can hold on in New York and North Carolina. A G.O.P. bump to 60 seats would be historic--the most Republican Senators since 1906--but short of a death blow to Clinton. It takes 67 votes to approve impeachment...
...VEGAS: Well, at least Mike Tyson is off the streets. The Nevada Athletic Commission has given Tyson his old job back after the fighter promised to behave. And as hard as it is to apply the term "charity case" to a convicted rapist, the strange saga of Mike Tyson -- bolstered by the testimony of Muhammad Ali and Magic Johnson -- may actually have softened a few hearts Monday. "There are only a few punishments worse than being denied a right to make a living," Ali said in a statement. (Ali was banned for three and a half years for refusing...
...pushovers. "I want to warn you, from my view, this will be your last chance," Chairman Elias Ghanem told Tyson after he gave him the good news. "You will either conduct yourself in accordance with our rules and regulations, or you will probably never fight again in Nevada." Probably? Man, those guys are tough...
...VEGAS--Five days of examining Mike Tyson's mind was enough to convince doctors he is mentally fit to return to the ring. Now, he faces a second fight to get Nevada boxing officials to agree...
Tyson is depressed and lacking self-esteem but most likely won't "snap" again as he did when he bit Evander Holyfield's ears in a June 1997 title fight, according to a psychiatric report prepared for the Nevada Athletic Commission and released yesterday. It concludes by saying that while there is no way to predict future behavior, doctors believe Tyson is "mentally fit to return to boxing, to comply with the rules and regulations, and to do so without repetition of June...