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“It’s really very simple to predict earthquakes, and anyone could do it,” Jim Berkland liked to say. “The hard part is being right.” Berkland, a retired geologist and avid writer who grew up and lived much of his later life in Glen Ellen, died last Friday after a lifetime of predicting quakes and making headlines. He was a few days shy of his 86th birthday.

Gerritson said she would oppose current Congressional Second District Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) because Roby "is not conservative enough."

But the real question, for me, at least, is whether or not Obama is enjoying a double-standard here. Clearly, his campaign is seeking to associate him as the Christian candidate. As you'll recall, Mike Huckabee was criticized for wearing his religion on his sleeve. My question is whether or not Obama will have to answer similar questions due to this overtly religious flier ...

Comparing Delegate Counts A comparison of delegate projections from The New York Times and other sources. For a detailed description of how The New York Times counts delegates, see the table and description below. The Times is not generating projections for delegates from nonbinding contests or conducting a survey of unpledged superdelegates for the Republican race.

Precincts Reporting: 5130 Of 7150 71% Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote % X John MCCAIN 237,946 49% Ron PAUL 36,436 8% Mitt ROMNEY 82,055 17% Mike HUCKABEE 113,840 24% Rudy GIULIANI 6,745 1% Duncan HUNTER 935 0% Alan KEYES 1,957 0% Fred THOMPSON 4,272 1%

Today’s Editorial January 21: Huckabee vs. offshore investing Of more direct concern to us, however, is Mr. Huckabee’s stated desire to see the literal end of the flow of US money coming to the Cayman Islands and other offshore financial centers. He says he wants to see that money returned to America and invested there. On CNN he speculated that it would be a significant boost to the American economy, saying “that $10 trillion of capital that’s now sitting offshore, American money that has been moved offshore to protect it from our tax system, comes back. What would happen if...

State projections obtained by the Globe show the program reaching 342,000 people and $1.35 billion in annual expenses by June 2011. Those figures would far outstrip the original plans for the Commonwealth Care program, largely because state officials underestimated the number of uninsured residents. The state has asked the federal government to shoulder roughly half of the program's cost from 2009 through 2011, but there is no guarantee of that funding. Commonwealth Care provides free or subsidized insurance for low- and moderate-income residents.