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It's been a year since Jeffrey and Christine Konrath of Slinger died in a motorcycle crash in Dodge County. Except for the fact that they weren't drinking, the Konraths could be the face of motorcycle fatalities today: older riders - he was 45, she was 48 - on a larger bike, killed on a rural road. And neither was wearing a helmet. It's that last point that most frustrates Christine's daughter Angeline Schreiber. She has little tolerance these days for motorcyclists who forgo protective gear. "I would never tell people not to ride bikes," said Schreiber, who is raising her...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — While Howard Dean was busy trying to "Take Back America," John Kerry took back New Hampshire. Decisively. How did it happen? Granite Staters don't like to follow Iowans, so it's not Kerry's strong caucus performance that gave him his 13-point victory here Tuesday night. Instead, it was the same granite sensibility that cost Bob Smith his Senate seat here in 2002: New Hampshire doesn't suffer nut-balls well. When Bob Smith started to appear flaky and embarrass himself with a half-cocked presidential run in 2000, voters in New Hampshire replaced the sitting senator with then Rep. John Sununu...

Sorry, all. Check out Kerry on his Harley, just for laughs.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania May 8, 2003 For Immediate Release: Long-time Freeper William Wallace announced today that he has no complaints whatsoever about FreeRepublic. Wallace claims he harbors no animosity, deep-seated grudges or pathological hatred toward forum management and moderators. “I’m not as active on FR as I was during the Clinton years and the election controversy,” Wallace admitted. “I lurk a bit, but rarely post these days.” Wallace went through a period where he spent most of his free time here, but now mainly uses the forum as another news source and antidote to the mainstream media spin. “For the most...