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WASHINGTON - Months of tumultuous negotiations with the White House and GOP allies have brought the Senate's liberal lion, Edward M. Kennedy, to the brink of passing a bill to legalize up to 12 million unlawful immigrants. But his concessions to get there have alienated liberals who in the past have counted him as their strongest champion. A showdown test vote is scheduled today, and the Senate could pass - or reject - the bill by week's end. Traditional Kennedy allies are mystified and angry at the Massachusetts senator's willingness to accept Republican-backed measures such as subjecting illegal immigrants to...

Angelides, the (Democrat) gubernatorial candidate says he would immediately seek the Guard's withdrawal. In a move to bolster his appeal among Democrats, state Treasurer Phil Angelides said Saturday night that on his first day as governor, he would call on President Bush to withdraw California's National Guard troops from the war in Iraq. The Democratic nominee for governor said in a telephone interview that he would take court action against Bush if necessary to extract the state's National Guard members from Iraq. He said he would also urge other governors and members of Congress to join his effort. "I will...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Jan. 1, 2006) -- Doug Flutie added another oddity to his football résumé when he converted a drop kick in the fourth quarter of the New England Patriots' game against the Miami Dolphins. It was the league's first drop kick since the 1941 NFL championship game, according to the web site for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. With starting quarterback Tom Brady sitting out most of the season-ending game, backup Matt Cassel threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Tim Dwight to cut Miami's lead to 25-19 with 6:10 left in the game. Flutie, who was listed as...

7:51 PM PDT, August 26, 2003 Outsider’s Quick Turn as Politician Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign is led by Sacramento insiders who ran the state for most of the 1990s, then went to work for some of the special-interest groups whose influence he promises to curb. By Michael Finnegan and Joe Mathews, Times Staff Writers Day by day, the outsider image that Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken pains to project is clashing with the reality of his campaign. The California gubernatorial candidate who vowed to "clean house" in Sacramento, after what he suggested would be a campaign financed with his own millions, has...