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Michael Hugo resigned as the chair of the Framingham Democratic Committee in Massachusetts on Thursday following weeks of backlash for complaining about the cost of special needs education for children who are not aborted. "I have apologized profusely too many times, but it seems obvious to all objective observers that there is something unusual about this particular crisis, in that it has an extraordinary life," Hugo wrote in an email to the committee and obtained by Fox News. "Time will tell as to why this has become a — literally — international story, and why it has been amplified by...

Cheyenne Frontier Days 2003 Challenge Rodeo By Juliette Rule Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE – “Hooowwdyyy,” the pint-sized crowd yelled from the arena. White cowboy hats tipped forward, and the audience applauded. It’s the Cheyenne Frontier Days Challenge Rodeo, and that welcome is a tradition all its own. The 60 or so special-needs children compete, ride, rope and run with the help of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association members and others, who ferry kids to each event, snap pictures and offer them water in the noon heat. It’s a modified rodeo with big emotional appeal. “I’ve watched it so many...