| Obama Spends Heavily to Seek Knockout Blow
The intensity of Mr. Obama's drive is especially apparent on television, where he has outspent Mrs. Clinton by nearly two to one in the two states. That is helping him eat deeply into double-digit leads she held in polls just weeks ago. But after a month in which she raised $32 million a remarkable amount, but still less than the $50 million or more brought in by Mr. Obama Mrs. Clinton is fighting back. The expenditures of the two Democratic presidential candidates, combined with a travel schedule that sent them and their surrogates from border to border in Texas and Ohio, reflect the expectation that the voting this week may be climactic. Mrs. Clinton's advisers have suggested that she will bow out of the race if she falters in either state, after 11 straight losses.
Moyer to lawyers: Fight foreclosure for free
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, a Sandusky native, knows home foreclosures are a big problem back home in Erie County and across Ohio. Moyer is asking the courts and Ohio attorneys to reach out and help as many homeowners as they can. The chief justice has asked judges who handle foreclosure cases to use mediation to resolve as many cases as possible. And he's asked Ohio lawyers to volunteer in foreclosure cases to help families who can't otherwise afford a lawyer. A record number of foreclosure cases in 2007 have helped contribute to the growing workload in the Erie County courts, said the clerk of courts, Barbara Johnson. .
Georgia: Thousands suffering in silence: Violence against women in the ...
For reasons of personal safety the names of all women mentioned in this report who have experienced violence in the family have been changed and any case details that may make them identifiable have been altered. The only exception is the case of a woman whose husband has died. Including due to lack of available safe and affordable housing and access to independent means to support themselves, several women whose cases are mentioned in the report continue to live with their violent partner and risk reprisals if they are identified. The case examples included in this document were either obtained through interviews conducted by Amnesty International during a fact-finding visit to Georgia in April 2006 or provided by the following Georgian NGOs: Advice Centre for Women "Sakhli"(7), Anti-Violence Network of Georgia, the Centre for Protection of Constitutional Rights, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association, and Saphari(8).
Bad weather - we have to get used to it
A bank-bursting wave engulfed the car, driving it through the crash barrier. He was able to scramble through the smashed passenger-door window and back up the seawall to the road.Just before midnight, while he was being treated at the scene for hypothermia, shock and bruises, the low pressure crashed into Argyll and Bute, unleashing gale-force winds and storms, before hurtling north-east along the Inner Hebrides to Sutherland and Cape Wrath.At its lowest point, it had sunk to just 965 millibars: as one Met Office forecaster said, quite an impressive depth.It sent gusts of up to 80mph and heavy rain into central, western and southern Scotland overnight.Ferry services between Northern Ireland and Scotland were suspended and, when they restarted yesterday morning, were delayed by up to half an hour.In Glasgow, where the gusts of wind hit peaks of 83mph, one of the city's best-known landmarks, the Great Eastern Hotel, was partially destroyed.
Archives for: February 2008
A classic four-man combo, The Black Lips vacuum up real rock 'n' roll from the '60s and '70s -- British Invasion, garage and punk most notably -- and then make it fully there own. There's nothing slavishly "retro" about their sound. They're not trying to copy anything exactly, just taking what they like and turning it into their kind of sound -- the same thing rock bands have done for decades. Plus it has a beat and the kids can dance to it -- and dance they did, churning up the area in front of the stage with an occasional beer can or water bottle taking flight and everyone, band included, havng a great time. Loose and loud, The Black Lips show feels like the train could come off the tracks at any moment and no one would care. That makes for the best live rock 'n' roll performances.
Moorestown readies new temporary Town Hall
Since a fire forced them out of Town Hall in August, municipal employees have worked in cramped, makeshift office space in the Moorestown Library.More Philadelphia Suburbs news MOORESTOWN — Since a fire forced them out of Town Hall in August, municipal employees have worked in cramped, makeshift office space in the Moorestown Library. Next week, they will move into more traditional work quarters. With the move, they'll gain a little more space and get back their own department offices and desks. New phones and computers will greet them. .
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