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HILLARY STOKES '08 FIRE WITH RED-HOT SPEECH By IAN BISHOP ----------------------------------------- HILLARY CLINTON Photo: Rick Dembow April 11, 2005 -- MINNEAPOLIS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bowled over the Democratic faithful in the key 2008 presidential swing state of Minnesota with a fiery weekend stump speech that had fans hailing her as the "great hope" to take back the White House. "She speaks her mind and she's a leader," swooned Debra Manninen. "She's our great hope." Party faithful here devoured Clinton's brand-new, red-meat material in her first major political speech Saturday night since the November 2004 election, which aides said...

Stokes' highway dispute takes more twists and turns By Alan Choate The Daily Inter Lake A four-year fight between KGEZ radio owner John Stokes and the state of Montana over highway right-of-way has become even more convoluted, with settlement talks going nowhere, the station's financial backers seeking foreclosure and Stokes asserting that the state is paying people to sue him. Meanwhile, the project that set off the dispute — the widening of a 2.7-mile section of U.S. 93 south of Kalispell — was awarded to a contractor last week, and wooden stakes along the road mark where the new highway...

Dear Lord, There's a young man far from home, called to serve his nation in time of war; sent to defend our freedom on some distant foreign shore. We pray You keep him safe, we pray You keep him strong, we pray You send him safely home ... for he's been away so long. There's a young woman far from home, serving her nation with pride. Her step is strong, her step is sure, there is courage in every stride. We pray You keep her safe, we pray You keep her strong, we pray You send her safely home...

<p>Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes is known for throwing barbs at his colleagues without much response.</p> <p>Now, his fellow council members say he's gone too far.</p> <p>On Tuesday, the City Council approved a resolution that would — if an investigation does not reveal impropriety — denounce Stokes' recent accusation that an unnamed council member tried to solicit a bribe from a city permit applicant.</p>

Dontee D. Stokes, who admitted shooting a Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting him nearly a decade ago, was acquitted last night of attempted murder in a Baltimore trial that drew national attention amid the church's unfolding sex scandal. The jury of 11 women and one man took about eight hours to find Stokes, a 26-year-old West Baltimore barber, not guilty of attempted murder and five other counts that could have sent him to prison for life. Jurors did, however, convict Stokes of three lesser handgun charges, which most likely will bring a sentence of probation. Accompanying the verdict...