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November 22, 2008Picking a Boarding Facility
Carolyn Hax
November 22, 2008Dear Carolyn:
Carolyn Hax
November 22, 2008Adapted from a recent online discussion:
Oh, Baby! Big News for Rep. Sanchez
November 22, 2008Rep. Linda Sanchez and her unofficial fiance Jim Sullivan (Photo courtesy of Rep. Linda Sanchez.) Linda Sanchez has always stood out a bit in Congress. The SoCal Democrat is by far the House's finest comedian -- sharing wacky tales of dating life on the charity stand-up circuit -- and, along with Rep. Loretta Sanchez, part of the body's first sister act. Now, she's poised to become only the eighth congresswoman in history to have a baby while in office -- and the first to do so while single. Sanchez, 39, announced in yesterday's Los Angeles Times that she's expecting her first child May 21. The father is her beau of a year and a half, Jim Sullivan, 43, a government affairs consultant from Connecticut. The pregnancy was planned and very much welcomed. The two are "unofficially engaged," she says, and looking to buy a house. They will plan a
Oh, Baby! Big News for Sanchez
November 22, 2008Linda Sanchez has always stood out a bit in Congress.
D.C. Police Agitate For Flood Of E-Mails
November 22, 2008D.C. police, frustrated that a teenage robbery suspect they have arrested kept getting released, took to cyberspace yesterday in an unusual effort to lobby judges and city officials to keep him off the streets.
Kentucky executes first inmate in 9 years
November 22, 2008EDDYVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky inmate who resisted all appeals to stop his execution was put to death Friday for murdering two young children.
Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies
November 22, 2008COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Bob Jones University has apologized for racist policies including a one-time ban on interracial dating that wasn't lifted until nine years ago and its unwillingness to admit black students until 1971.
FCC appeals Janet Jackson case to Supreme Court
November 22, 2008 PHILADELPHIA -- The Federal Communications Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the indecency case over Janet Jackson's breast-baring performance at the 2004 Super Bowl.
Inaugural crowd to face intense scrutiny
November 22, 2008Law enforcement officials bracing for the largest crowds in inaugural history are preparing far-reaching security — thousands of video cameras, sharpshooters, air patrols — to safeguard President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in.
