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U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter is a marked moderate. In the Senate, the Philadelphia Republican voted mostly with his party last year, but with the Democrats more than a third of the time. Neither side thinks that’s enough and both want to beat him when he seeks an unprecedented sixth six-year term next year. Conservative Republicans consider him a RINO — a “Republican in name only.” They would like nothing better than if one of their own knocked him off in the Republican primary and took their anti-government, lower-taxes, anti-abortion fight to the Democrats. “I think he’s extremely vulnerable in the...

• ‘Will not wait’ for federal government to act • To share research, information The state of California and the government of Great Britain have signed an agreement to collaborate on clean energy and ways to fight climate change. "California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming," says Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a written statement following a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the chief executive officers of more than a dozen California-based companies Monday. "Today, we are taking an unprecedented step by signing an agreement between California and the United...