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Billionaire Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg stormed to a second term Tuesday with an overpowering victory over Democrat Fernando Ferrer -- the culmination of a campaign that will go down as the most expensive mayoral re-election in history. With 47 percent of precincts reporting, Bloomberg had 321,775 votes, or 56 percent, compared with Ferrer's 237,821 votes, or 41 percent. Ferrer conceded the race shortly after 10 p.m. in a phone call to the mayor, who told him he ran a great race and was a "gentleman" for calling. Ferrer gathered his supporters at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where his grandmother once earned...

There is a document on the website of the Superior Court of California County of Solano which describes Case ID: FFL087021 - SHEEHAN, PATRICK VS. CINDY, filed Friday, August 12th, 2005. The case is described as "D - Dissolution without kids". This appears to describe a divorce between Cindy Sheehan and Pat Sheehan. Pat is the Petitioner and his attorney is Glen Andrew Deronde. Cindy Sheehan is the respondent with no attorney listed. The judge in the case is Alberta Chew.

60 gigabytes. Never had problems with it. Yesterday Windows XP froze a few times. Then the computer refused to boot up again. Boot sector wiped out? I can deal with that! I then installed this drive as a slave and it wasn't recognized... was invisible. With Partition Magic this hard drive shows up as 60 gig of (exact words) unallocated space. It had 3 partitions which are now all gone. I used the Western Digital Utilities and the hard drive checks out as being in good shape. No errors. I was using Norton Anti Virus. Using a firewall on a...

A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...

US Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who had hoped to replace George W. Bush as president yesterday, instead sat in the cold and clapped as the Republican began a second four-year term. Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin patted Senator Kerry on the back shortly before the inauguration Senator Kerry had hoped would be his. As Mr Bush delivered his inaugural address, Senator Kerry, about 10m away on the steps of the US Capitol, joined other lawmakers and the crowd in repeated applause. Senator Kerry looked relaxed, at times wistful. He frequently smiled, able to hide any disappointment over what...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

Gov. Linda Lingle wanted to win three more Republican seats in the state House. Instead, she lost six incumbents and with it her claims of having a political mandate, Democrats say. In four years the GOP presence in the House has been reduced to 10 members from 19.

The New York Times Magazine ran an 8,300 word piece on Senator John Kerry on Sunday titled “Kerry’s Undeclared War.” But as one plowed through the fluff piece it became apparent that John Kerry is not even convinced that America is at war. In fact when John Kerry was asked “"what it would take for Americans to feel safe again," he answered with an analogy comparing combating terrorism to fighting prostitution and illegal gambling. I’m not making this up. [ . . . ] Senator John Kerry has ratcheted up the rhetoric of late, but it is very apparent that...

MAN DRILLS THROUGH SKULLA Californian man is lucky to be alive after an accident on a construction site. Ron Hunt was drilling into a wall when the ladder he was standing on slipped. His head was impaled on the drill bit. Surgeons had to literally unscrew the tool from his skull. Mr Hunt lost the sight in his right eye but still considers himself to be a very lucky man.

Adrienne T. Samen, 18, shown in this police photo spent part of her wedding night in a jail cell Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, after police said she hurled things at reception hall workers who closed the bar. Samen, was arrested on criminal mischief and breach of peace charges after police responded to The Mill on the River restaurant in South Windsor, Conn. When workers there closed the bar, Samen allegedly began throwing things, including wedding cake and vases, inside the restaurant. (AP Photo/Police photo)

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. BERLIN (AP) -- Volkswagen said Friday it will stop making the original rear-engine Beetle later this year, bringing the curtain down on the nearly 70-year history of the classic "bug." Production of the last old Beetles at the VW plant in Puebla, Mexico, will "end this summer," spokesman Fred Baerbock said, adding that an exact date was not set. He said there had been sinking demand for the original model, manufactured only in Puebla since 1978. The first version of what would become known as the Beetle was developed in 1934...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (CNN) -- North Carolina's governor said Monday he is asking President Bush to declare his state a federal disaster area because of the enormous cost of cleanup and recovery from last week's ice storm. Gov. Michael Easley said more than 400,000 people were still without power Monday afternoon, down from a peak of 1.5 million Friday morning. Line crews were working 16-hour shifts to turn the lights back on. Rest of article

FAQ ABOUT MOVE TO OTC TRADING/NASDAQ DELISTINGWhy was Salon delisted from Nasdaq?Nasdaq has continued listing standards. To remain on the market, Salon had to show compliance with the $1 million market value of publicly held shares requirement on November 11, 2002 and with the minimum bid price of $1.00 per share requirement in February 2003. Nasdaq determined that the company was not in compliance with the $1 million market value of publicly held shares requirement on November 11, 2002 and the company was delisted.What does it mean to be "delisted" from Nasdaq?The action means that Salon's common stock is not...

An addled 20-year-old drug trafficker managed to forget his stash on a bus. A passenger warned the driver of a bus in Sjetnemarka that there was a young man leaking pills, the web site Adressa.no reports.The young man attracted the attention of his fellow passengers on Friday afternoon by scattering pills around him before shuffling off the bus. The driver checked the man's seat afterwards and found 1.2 kilos of hash and a bag of tablets. Thanks to an excellent description of the forgetful drug carrier police managed to arrest him three hours later. The man quickly confessed to purchase...