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In a Blog Age: The Enduring Power of the Handwritten Word

Lily Koppel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lily Koppel

In our era where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that there is not a livelier discussion about the individual's basic need for a more private space.

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Obama's Mile High Moment

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Cutbirth

We're seven weeks from the biggest speech in a generation by any figure in American politics. If you can be there in person, go. Take your children. It's an event you'll remember the rest of your lives.

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Obama Convention Offer Could Violate Minnesota Gambling Law

Minnesota Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Minnesota's top gambling official is wondering if a drawing announced on Barack Obama's website constitutes an illegal raffle -- but neither he, nor t...

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Obama: Give $, Win a Seat at My Nomination Speech

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Bellantoni

Team Obama made it official this morning - he'll accept the nomination from Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos.   In...

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Sam Stein

McCain: Obama Will Take Away Your Crocs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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For weeks, John McCain has been fighting off the notion that his presidency would be a third Bush term, even using a prime time address -- on the nigh...

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The McCain Leadership Test

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mario Solis-Marich

Let's give McCain his first leadership test. Let's call and write his campaign and ask him to denounce Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos."

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Limbaugh: "Riot In Denver!"

Lonnee Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lonnee Hamilton

Limbaugh later backpedaled from his controversial statements when callers to his show complained. "I'm not inspiring or inciting," he said, "I am dreaming of riots in Denver."

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It Doesn't Take a Genius to Notice the Sun, Does It?

Toby Barlow | Posted 11.17.2011

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Toby Barlow

Mike Bloomberg and Google have figured out what to do with solar power. Now the rest of us should copy them.

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Attorneys Hold 'Know Your Rights' Training for Democratic Convention

Colorado Confidential | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado Confidential

In response to news that Denver police have been stocking up on security equipment, local attorneys are training protesters in anticipation of clashes at the Democratic National Convention to be held there in August.

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Dean's Waffling Over FL Delegates Frustrating Key Voters

Ron Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Levitt

Despite DNC pledges that Florida will be allowed to participate at the Denver convention, questions abound, increasingly frustrating FL Democrats, who may refuse to vote come November.

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'West Wing' Writer Lawrence O'Donnell Jr Imagines A Deadlocked Democratic National Convention

New York Magazine | Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Democratic Party is closer than it's ever been to a political nightmare--a deadlocked convention. Though the odds of its actually happening are st...

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Foreclosures Ravage Denver's Middle Class

USA Today Via ABC News | Brad Heath and Charisse Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Foreclosures are ripping through the rows of new homes in the flatlands where Denver turns to prairie. Every week, 10 more families here need to find ...

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Is The DNC Leaving The Light On For The Florida And Michigan Delegations?

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathaniel Bach

A cornerstone of Senator Hillary Clinton's strategy to become the Democratic presidential nominee--and a recently renewed argument on the campaign tra...

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Lawmaker Kicks Photographer During Prayer

Associated Press | Steven Paulson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carrying a family Bible, a state representative-elect kicked a photographer who took a picture of him during a statehouse prayer -- then was sworn int...

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Gunman Opens Fire In Christian Youth Center, Wounds At Least 4

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A gunman walked into a training center for young Christian missionaries in a Denver suburb early Sunday and opened fire, wounding at least four people...

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United Cancels Flights For Fourth Straight Day

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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United Airlines, still recovering from weekend storms in the Midwest, canceled dozens more flights Thursday as the second winter storm since Christmas...

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