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Governor Crist receives letter with nontoxic powder
The Associated PressAuthorities are investigating who sent Gov. Charlie Crist a threatening letter containing a suspicious white powder. The letter, which tested nontoxic, was intercepted at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's mail center at the state capitol. It...Tags: John McCain, Charlie Crist, Colorado, Florida, Government
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Governor Crist receives letter containing suspicious white powder
The Associated PressAuthorities are investigating who sent Gov. Charlie Crist a threatening letter containing a suspicious white powder. The letter, which tested nontoxic, was intercepted at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's mail center at the state capitol. It...Tags: John McCain, Charlie Crist, Colorado, Florida, Government
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Illinois town fights long odds to save prison, jobs
Associated Press WriterWhen folks here heard the governor wanted to close the 137-year-old prison, sucking hundreds of jobs from the area, they mobilized in a way that only small towns can. They held rallies. There was a parade and a big photo shoot. Streets were lined with...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Prisons, Laws, State Budgets, Fires
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Governor names Milwaukee judge to Appeals Court
Judge Kitty Brennan of Milwaukee County Circuit Court is Gov. Jim Doyle's appointee to the District 1 Court of Appeals. The governor announced Thursday he has appointed Brennan to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr....Tags: Regional Authority, Court Administration, Local Elections, Justice System, Judges
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Federal emergency in Florida because of Fay
The Associated PressPresident Bush has declared a federal state of emergency in Florida to help with Tropical Storm Fay. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked the White House yesterday for the declaration. It enables federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security...Tags: Hurricane Preparedness, Tropical Storms, George Bush, Charlie Crist, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
A Ladysmith man's conviction this week for strangling a woman 32 years ago may seem like the high drama of the CBS television show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." But the idea only made the northern Wisconsin police chief whose department led the...Tags: Fires, Punishment, Economic Policy, John McCain, Television
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Barack Obama says he's chosen his running mate, but won't reveal who it is
Associated Press WriterEMPORIA, Va ( AP) _ Barack Obama said Thursday he's chosen his running mate, but coyly kept all the details to himself as he campaigned with one leading contender and planned a major rally to present the Democratic ticket Saturday in Illinois. Obama...Tags: Wisconsin, Illinois, West Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, Georgia
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Nervous Nellie Denver revs up for Dem convention
AP National WriterDENVER (AP) -- Like a Cinderella deciding to pass up the ball, Denver said no thanks to an invitation in 1976 to host the Olympic Games. Now the Mile High City is off to the dance of the Democrats, a party pooper no more. Nervous about the logistics,...Tags: Howard Dean, Bill Clinton, Unions, Ku Klux Klan, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Obama to campaign in Eau Claire on Sunday
Associated Press WriterSen. Barack Obama plans to stop Sunday in western Wisconsin, an area where he and his rival are competing hard for independent voters. The soon-to-be Democratic presidential nominee's visit to Eau Claire is part of a tour through several battleground...Tags: Political Candidates, Wisconsin, Democratic Party, Local Elections, Missouri
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Four Michigan Republicans skipping party convention
Associated Press WriterFour Michigan Republicans are skipping their party's national convention in St. Paul, Minn., and another is scaling back his trip to focus on his House district. Rep. Joe Knollenberg of Bloomfield Township does not plan to attend the four-day convention...Tags: Kwame Kilpatrick, Debbie Stabenow, Economic Policy, Alaska, Oregon
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McCain hopes to turn the tide in Great Lakes area
Associated Press WritersDemocratic dominance in presidential elections has been the norm for decades throughout much of the country's union-strong industrial Great Lakes region. Republican John McCain hopes to upset that history. The GOP presidential candidate is mounting...Tags: Wisconsin, Illinois, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), John McCain, Tim Pawlenty
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King speech to Obama speech: A dream realized?
AP National WriterThe dreamer in him envisioned a day when "Whites Only" signs would no longer hang in restaurant windows. A time when everyone's desire to vote would be respected. A time when blacks and whites would work, pray and live together. He spoke of an America...Tags: Andrew Young, Prisons, Illinois, Local Elections, Manhattan (New York City)
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