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...also establishes himself as a conservationist, creating Crater Lake National Park in Oregon (the first of five such parks he designates) and proclaiming Pelican Island, Fla., the first federal bird reservation. (He will set up 50 more.) Other highlights include his July 4, 1903, "Square Deal" speech in Springfield, Ill., and the treaty with Panama to build the Panama Canal...
...Tucker and Menchaca were reported missing after an attack on a U.S. checkpoint in Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad, that killed Specialist David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Massachusetts. The attack came as the U.S. and the Iraqi government had appeared to seize the initiative in recent weeks: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki named ministers to the country's top security posts; al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed by an American air strike; and a series of raids in and around Baghdad preceded the high-profile deployment of tens of thousands of troops in Baghdad...
...student laid out a conservative case for Kerry: "When a Democrat is in office and proposes the same policies that Bush has proposed, Republicans act Republican and kill them," said Aakash Raut, 23, a senior at the University of Illinois at Springfield, in a heated debate with pro-Bush students. "And you have actually more conservative government than you do if a Republican is in the White House...
...Still, the ubiquitous yellow family from Springfield has consumed the lion’s share of Jean and Reiss’s careers...
...want to make any excuses,” Harvard coach Christopher Ridolfi said, “but we didn’t have an experienced setter, and it hurt us.” Though Harvard won its first three league contests, three-game losses to New Jersey Tech and Springfield knocked the Crimson from the top of the standings into the middle of the pack. To have a chance at the division title, it seemed Harvard would have to win the rest of its matches. Motivated by the task ahead, the Crimson picked up seven straight victories. The two most...