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The nuanced Bush-basher
A new niche has been carved in the cathedral of opposition to President Bush's "war on terror," and it is enshrining an unlikely saint -- a conservative law professor who believes that the U.S. Supreme Court departed from precedent when it ruled that it...Tags: Heads of State, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Social Issues, Justice and Rights
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Southland players earn consideration for top softball honors
Times Staff WriterFor the last six seasons, the Amateur Softball Assn. has released a preseason list of 50 players to watch for the USA National Collegiate player-of-the-year award. Twelve of the players have local ties, and 10 of those attend schools outside Southern...Tags: Florida State Seminoles, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Florida State University, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Midwest capsules
1. FLORIDA LOCATION: Gainesville. ENROLLMENT: 49,000 HOW THEY GOT HERE: Won SEC tourney RECORD: 29-5. RPI: 6th. RECORD VS. FIELD: 8-3. NCAA HISTORY: This is 14th appearance, and ninth in a row. The Gators are the defending NCAA champs, and they also had a...Tags: National Football League, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, History, University of Notre Dame, Teaching and Learning
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Calderon seeks to dispel talk of 'failing state'
Stark assessments of the threat that drug crime poses to Mexico's stability have put the government of President Felipe Calderon on the defensive as he tries to forge a relationship with a new U.S. president. Rising violence, spurred in part by Calderon'...Tags: Civil Unrest, Drug Trafficking, Heads of State, National Government, Mexico
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Mayors on front line of the drug war
If he was nervous, Salvador Vergara Cruz didn't act it.
The mayor of this well-groomed town in central Mexico, Vergara traveled without bodyguards even after callers to his cellphone tried to extort $70,000 from him, and demanded that he play ball with...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Felipe Calderon, Organized Crime, Blackmail and Extortion, Jose Reyes
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Rumsfeld and nominee in sharp contrast
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — In turning to former CIA Director Robert M. Gates to take the reins at the Pentagon, President Bush has selected a low-key loyalist who is in many ways the opposite of outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. Whereas Rumsfeld...Tags: Democratic Party, Heads of State, U.S. Department of Justice, White House, Jane Harman
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An antiques streak through Del Mar's fair
Special to The TimesAt an antiques fair, there are those who pound their chest after scoring a magnificent find. And there are those who gnash their teeth when junk they gave to Goodwill shows up on some dealer's shelf, spruced and polished, with a price tag that triggers...Tags: Photography, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ice Cream, Family, Trips and Vacations
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Sunday's 5/26 local schedule (updated Saturday PM)
COLLEGES Baseball CAA tournament final (in Harrisonburg): Towson vs. William and Mary (if necessary), 1 BASEBALL International League: Norfolk at Lehigh Valley, 1:35 Eastern League: Richmond at Altoona, 6 BOXING USA Boxing’s Mid-Atlantic...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia), Memorial Day, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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A directory of Peninsula-area sports summer camps
Baseball 3D Sports/Ozzie Smith Sports Academy. A.I.M. baseball hitters camps: 9 a.m.-noon July 8-13, Spratley Middle School, Hampton, and July 15-19, Hines Middle School, Newport News. For ages 8-14; cost $119. Info: 3dsportsinc.info. Apprentice...Tags: National Football League, Andrew Luck, Seattle Seahawks, Florida State University, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Eckenrode lifts Lafayette boys soccer to district tourney title
jharvey@vagazette.comLast year, Lafayette High’s boys soccer team boated one of the Bay Rivers District’s most lethal goal-scoring threat in Alfonso Speed. Without the College of William and Mary this spring, many people wondered where the scoring would come...Tags: Sports, Soccer
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A cradle of slavery on the York
When English colonists began settling on the south bank of the York River in the 1630s, enslaved black labor was the exception rather than the rule. African field hands and house servants were not only prohibitively expensive but notoriously hard to...
Tags: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Yorktown (York, Virginia), York County (Virginia), Slavery, Colleges and Universities
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Jamestown boys tennis falls to James Monroe in Region I final
jharvey@vagazette.comThere’s a mutual admiration society between the Jamestown High boys tennis program and its Battlefield District rivals from James Monroe. Both coaches credit the other for bringing out the best in one another. All of that was on display Friday...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), James Monroe, Tennis, Dwayne Johnson
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