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...Averell is now a free man. Two months after being arrested for sneaking onto a Delta Airlines flight, Delta and state prosecutors Wednesday agreed to drop all charges against...
...audience, which contained a number of openly gay elected officials, such as State Representative Jarrett T. Barrios '90 (D-Cambridge), shared Murphy's enthusiasm...
John McCain's insurgency may be catching fire with the South Carolina GOP rank and file, but the Republican leadership nationwide is more determined than ever to stop him from spoiling the Bush coronation - and they intend to fight smart. New York governor George Pataki announced Thursday that the state party would drop its efforts to keep McCain off the ballot in a number of congressional districts, after the Bush camp had reconsidered the wisdom of a tactic that's been grist to the Arizona senator's anti-establishment mill. The solidly pro-Bush party establishment had been locked...
Recently, several states, including Illinois, have reexamined the effects of their death penalty laws. There is a growing trend of concern, both domestically and abroad, that executions in the U.S. may be carried out disproportionately against minorities. And while Robert Tarver wasn't arguing against his death sentence per se, TIME senior reporter Alain Sanders points out that the ensuing legal maneuvers will probably grant Tarver quite a lengthy reprieve. "Tarver argued that he couldn't legally be electrocuted, and in Alabama, that means he can't be executed. Any judicial review will take months, if not years, to wrap...
...nothing else, McCain's New Hampshire victory has cut sharply into Bush's biggest selling point - that he's a winner. Pundits point to the lopsided loss in the Granite State as proof that perma-smirked Dubya doesn't have the broad appeal the party bosses once thought he did. Other self-professed realists maintain that Bush will still coast - the Texas governor has four times as much cash on hand as McCain, not to mention the support of the party establishment in virtually every state. What's more, most states don't allow registered independents, a key factor...