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ARCHIVES -- AUGUST 2003
FOR LIEBERMAN, AT LEAST IT'S
A START
Posted: Aug. 29,
2003
When U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman brought his
campaign to Delaware, it showed that the state was not exactly ready
for prime time in the presidential primaries -- not when there was a
missing senator, a spotty crowd and a mistaken impression he was
part of a crime scene.
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LIEBERMAN IS SECOND-CHOICE
JOE
Posted: Aug. 28, 2003
Not three weeks since U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.
decided not to run for president, U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of
Connecticut is taking advantage of the opening left by his
Democratic colleague. He is coming here Friday to pick up three key
endorsements, including one from the state's other Democratic
senator.
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MUSICAL CHAIRS, JUDICIAL
STYLE
Posted: Aug. 28, 2003
When the state Senate returns for a special
session next month, it will have the names of Gov. Ruth Ann Minner's
choices for judgeships on the Court of Chancery, the Superior Court
and the Family Court to consider. Word is circulating now about who
is on the short list for the openings.
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"GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE"
Posted: Aug. 26,
2003
For Delaware to say good-bye to James H.
Gilliam Jr., it took more than three hours and more than a thousand
mourners for a funeral that never can be duplicated, any more than
the man himself could be. As so many said, he was the state's own
"sweet prince."
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NO JOE-4-PREZ
Posted: Aug. 24, 2003
U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. certainly looked
like a presidential candidate when he arrived Saturday evening at
the Sussex County Democratic Jamboree in a helicopter. He is not,
though, and he told the home crowd at Cape Henlopen State Park why
2004 is not his year.
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HANGING TOM CARPER
Posted: Aug. 22, 2003
Former governors do not disappear. They just
fade into official portraits. The one for Thomas R. Carper, a
Democrat who served from 1993 to 2001 before he was elected to the
U.S. Senate, is now part of the state's collection of gubernatorial
artwork. It was unveiled last week in a ceremony in Legislative
Hall.
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LEGAL DREAM TEAM, THE SEQUEL
Posted: Aug. 7,
2003
Ferris W. Wharton is leaving his job as chief
deputy attorney general to work with Colm F. Connolly in the U.S.
Attorney's Office. The two became renowned for prosecuting Thomas J.
Capano, so the question is, what case are they thinking about
prosecuting now?
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CAMPAIGN AIDE FOR BIDEN
ACCUSED OF LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE
Posted: Aug. 6, 2003
The surprise continues to grow in the case of
Roger D. Blevins III, the campaign aide accused of embezzling
hundreds of thousands of dollars from U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden
Jr.'s treasury. The federal indictment against him describes a bent
for luxury at odds with his modest image.
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THIS COUNTY ISN'T BIG
ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US
Posted: Aug. 6, 2003
There is a showdown looming between
Christopher A. Coons, the New Castle County Council president, and
Sherry L. Freebery, the county's chief administrative officer, over
who should be the next county executive. Already the preliminaries
have been stormy.
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QUITTIN' TIME
Posted: Aug. 4,
2003
First it was the Bear Public Library, and now
it's out the door. Lynda R. Maloney and her sister Maria Rendina,
unusually well-known New Castle County aides, have quit their jobs,
claiming they have been mistreated. Chief Administrative Officer
Sherry L. Freebery says it is quite the opposite.
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