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Longtime state Rep. Rick Berg (R) will be North Dakota Republican's standard bearer in the race against Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.). The state party endorsed Berg over Kevin Cramer, chairman of the North Dakota Public Service Commission, and two other GOP contenders at its convention in Grand Forks, N.D. on Saturday afternoon. Cramer, Berg's main rival for the nomination, has already said he would not run in the primary if he did not win the party endorsement. Berg, the former state House Majority Leader, led Pomeroy in Rasmussen Reports poll conducted in early February, which may have helped him convince...

ATHENS AL— Steve White, a [Democratic] political candidate [Alabama state House District 4 seat] and eighth grade [Science] teacher, was dismissed from his position late Tuesday night after an investigation found he showed videos with sex acts, nudity and other obscene images to students. “I think the evidence was clear,” said Dr. Barry Carroll, superintendent of Limestone County Schools, who recommended the Board of Education cancel White’s contract following the hearing. During a two-week-long investigation in April, Carroll said pornographic material was found in White’s computer and administrators determined that White was showing videos rather than teaching science in his...

CAPTION THE PICTURE - Democrats had a Memorial Service Fund-Raising propaganda Telethon. Between the laughter, and fundraising, and exciting politics of the Democrats, there was a moment of thought. Thoughts? What are they thinking? What could they be plotting? So many choices.

Kennedy chief of staff fired over lobbying Political observers say Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy ousted Dean J. Martilli because Martilli's failure to fully disclose his past lobbying activities could become a campaign issue. 09/19/2002 BY JOHN E. MULLIGAN Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy yesterday accepted the resignation of his chief of staff, whose failure to disclose his past dealings as a Washington lobbyist had become a political liability. Kennedy portrayed his top staffer, Dean J. Martilli, as the victim of unfair criticism by his little-known Republican opponent, David W. Rogers. But he said, "I thought it...

MIDI - SAW HER STANDING THERE Well, she was there on my screen…you guys know just what I mean I knew that I must get some of that for me Oh, what a great day for porn surfing…whooo…when I clicked on Tiffany There was no delay…she arrived right away And I said to her, "Yes, I like what I see" Oh, what a great day for porn surfing…whooo…when I clicked on Tiffany When she crossed the room…little Bob went boom And I thought that I would explo-o-o-o-de It's two hours of fun…but I'd only just begun And I asked...

MIDI - CAMP GRENADA How's it hanging…Robert Beckel…you will be so fun to heckle You were seeking out some action…you are lucky your wife's not put you in traction You were surfing…evening's boring…Tiffany showed off her whoring She was dressed provocatively…lately your thing had been seeming rather shrively An appointment you were setting…would there be some heavy petting At three hundred bucks an hour…you were hoping something would rise like a tower She arrived and got right to it…oh, yes, Robert…she could do it You need more than electoral…she would teach you a few tricks about things oral So...

CAVEAT: this is a parody song. I am not accusing Torricelli of being a senator who has been bought by the Jersey mob. He may very well never have taken illegal money from anyone. Somewhere he probably has the receipts for the watches and Italian suits. He could have put them away in the junk drawer and can't find them right now. The guy in jail could very well be fabricating a story about the funny money. Hey, the honorable senator is probably as innocent as the Clintons who were hunted and set up by the VRWC. He said he...