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LINCOLN, Neb. — Former Colorado senator and two-time presidential candidate Gary Hart told Nebraska Democrats that Barack Obama will heal the national party, while John McCain's nomination may cause a rift among Republicans. "There's a real struggle for the soul of the Republican Party under way," Hart said Saturday before the state Democratic Party's annual Morrison-Exon Day Dinner. About 450 people attended the party's largest fundraising event. Hart, 71, sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, and was a U.S. senator from 1975 to 1987. Hart said the Republican Party is going to find its ties to religious...

(AgapePress) - A well-known Internet safety expert says staggering numbers of young people are involved in the dangerous world of cyber-sex -- but most parents are not even aware it's an issue affecting their children.Eighty-seven percent of more than 2,500 university and college students polled across Canada admit to having virtual sex over Instant Messenger, web cams, or the telephone. The 20-question survey was conducted by Toronto-based CampusKiss.com, an online dating community for students.Internet safety expert and advocate Donna Rice-Hughes, president of the group Enough Is Enough, says results among American students are no different."The majority of kids --...

Hall Center lecturer criticizes polls, Bush - Humanities series to open with former U.S. senator It's true the polls show President Bush leading Democratic challenger John Kerry. But the polls are off, said Gary Hart, a former U.S. senator from Colorado who sought the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1984 and 1988. "At this point in time, they're not very accurate," he said, noting that many of his moderate Republican friends have assured him privately they'll not be voting for Bush. "They're not going to show up in the polls," said Hart, who has advised the Kerry campaign in...

A former Colorado senator said he may want to make a run at the White House in 2004. But it's not the first time he's had presidential aspirations. Hart launched a new Web site over the weekend -- GaryHart2004.org. The Web site does not blatantly say he's throwing his hat in the ring but it certainly leaves little doubt. It's a scenario few would predict following his failed 1988 presidential bid when a disgraced Hart pulled out of the race amid a sex scandal. But a new millenium has wrought a new reality for the Democrats, which is why Hart's...

WASHINGTON -- Gary Hart still has the look, as if his face has been freshly chiseled from a block of granite. The boots are gone; standard black shoes have taken their place. His style in ties has not changed - his latest is a red, white and blue horizontal stripe. And he still commands the attention. A sizable number of reporters turned out as Hart returned to the Capitol, where he served as a senator from 1975 to 1987, to talk to House Democrats about national and homeland security, subjects he's been studying for years.