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After weeks (months?) of bad debate reviews, plunging poll numbers, and Herman Cain sucking up all the oxygen in the GOP race, we’ve noticed Rick Perry has managed to seize the spotlight - and to some extent drive the news cycle - over the past several days. So far this week, Perry has: * Drawn attention for seeming to revive the Obama “birther” controversy in interviews... * Released a “20-20” tax plan, calling for an optional 20 percent flat tax on income and a 20 percent corporate tax.. * Hired a slew of new advisors with deep experience in presidential...

From: "CNY Latino - Hugo" To: "Jon Alvarez" Subject: Pidiendo ayuda, por favor... Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:42:43 -0400 Hi: I have prepared this generic note, to selected people that have frequent communication with my monthly “bilingual” publication, and that also I think they might have influences and/or connections with business owners, key people in large organizations, distinguished people, or simply know "somebody" that could help us keep the CNY Latino newspaper alive... We are going through some financial difficulties; advertisement (the ONLY source of income for this publication) has been very low for the last four months (4...

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Panicked presidential candidate John Kerry had every reason to believe that the conversation he had with ex-president Bill Clinton on Saturday - where the two discussed how to rescue his flagging campaign - would be kept confidential. But that expectation went up in smoke on Monday, when Kerry and his campaign aides found explicit details from the Clinton strategy session splashed all over the New York Times and other media. mong the most damaging details to surface: Clinton's strong recommendation that Kerry abandon the crown jewel of presidential his campaign - his service in Vietnam. Kerry himself was plainly mortified...

FLASH: Al Franken has agreed not to draw a salary at AIR AMERCIA, hoping to keep the fledgling talk-radio network afloat... Developing...

<p>A $4 million loan Republican actor Arnold Schwarzenegger made to his campaign for governor is illegal under state campaign finance rules, a Sacramento labor leader charged Wednesday.</p> <p>A lawsuit, scheduled to be filed today in Sacramento Superior Court, alleges that Schwarzenegger obtained the loan from City National Bank on terms not available to the general public because the loan required no collateral and carried an annual interest rate of 4 percent.</p>

<p>California Gov. Gray Davis' pledge to sign a bill giving homosexual couples nearly all traditional marriage rights is seen by many as an attempt to cobble together a coalition of liberal voters to fend off the recall effort.</p> <p>The California state Senate narrowly passed the bill Thursday, which contradicts Proposition 22, the Protection of Marriage Initiative, that was approved in 2000 with 61 percent of the vote.</p>

PR03:365FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE08/14/2003 GOVERNOR DAVIS ANNOUNCES THE POWER OUTAGES ON THE EAST COAST POSE NO THREAT TO THE CALIFORNIA POWER GRID 08/14/2003 SACRAMENTOGovernor Gray Davis made the following statement today regarding the power outages on the East Coast:"My office has been briefed by the CAL ISO, and we have been assured the California electrical grid is not at risk. I have ordered the CHP, the Office of Homeland Security, and the National Guard to take all necessary actions to ensure California's electrical grid continues to function effectively. According to the ISO, we face no such dangers in California. Because...

California Gov. Gray Davis added fuel to his opponents' recall fire by signing a controversial bill that authorizes fines of up to $150,000 for companies or nonprofit groups, such as the Boy Scouts, that discriminate against cross-dressers, transsexuals or drag queens. The governor signed the measure Saturday along with the $71.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2003-4. The move fell under the radar screens of most California media outlets. The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2004, adds "gender identity or expression" to the characteristics protected under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act and specifically protects residents whose "perceived...