Hillary, Giuliani extend lead over rivals - poll.
Byline: REUTERS WASHINGTON -- New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has significantly widened her lead over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential contest after a dispute over foreign policy, a new poll showed on Tuesday. The USA Today/Gallup poll of 1,012 adults showed...

The fission division: will nuclear power split the green movement.
Situated on a tall sea cliff above pounding waves, the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant enjoys the kind of stunning ocean view typical of Central California's rugged coast. Rolling hills--bright green in winter, fading to gold by summer--surround two Westinghouse reactors that generate electricity for 1.6 million homes. Pacific...

New England Tackles High Drug Prices.
Two New England states are trying to lower pharmaceutical costs to their citizens through recently passed laws. Massachusetts' FY 2000 budget establishes a new program for discounted bulk or "aggregate purchase" of prescription drugs. It will combine the purchasing power of several groups, including participants in the...

The Homeland Security leviathan: immense, expensive, pervasively corrupt, the Department of Homeland Security is rapidly becoming a militarized menace to American liberties.
Bellows Falls, Vermont, population 3,024, has eight full-time police officers--and 16 24-hour surveillance cameras. This is just three fewer than operate in "the District of Columbia, which has 181 times Bellows Falls's population," observes the Washington Post. That New England community of 3,024 people is just one...

Mega Producers 2002.
Top Aggregates Producers List The following is an enhanced version of a list released by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior's geological division in Oct. 2001. The list is based on production volume from the year 2000, and does not reflect the size of companies that have...

NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR.
On Saturday, April 26, members of the Artist Guild of Shrewsbury will present a day of events at Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square, Worcester. It is the final day to see the 61 pieces consisting of paintings, photographs, tapestry and dried flower art which have been...

"Loveliest daughter of our ancient Cathay!": representations of ethnic and gender identity in the Miss Chinatown U.S.A. beauty pageant.
In February 1958, seventeen young women came from throughout the country to compete in the first Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Beauty Pageant. Sponsored by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce (CCC) as part of the Chinese New Year celebration, the competition sought to find "the most beautiful Chinese girl with...

"Loveliest daughter of our ancient Cathay!": representations of ethnic and gender identity in the Miss Chinatown U.S.A. beauty pageant.
In February 1958, seventeen young women came from throughout the country to compete in the first Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Beauty Pageant. Sponsored by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce (CCC) as part of the Chinese New Year celebration, the competition sought to find "the most beautiful Chinese girl with...

Budding mono-skiers not snowed by top racers: young ski racers champion their sport at paralympics. (DS/USA).
Tyler Walker and Laurie Stephens want to be ski racers when they grow up. Both got their competitive start at The Hartford Ski Spectacular, hosted annually by Disabled Sports USA in Breckenridge, Colorado. The young pair now trains with the New England Disabled Ski Team (NEDST) at Loon Mountain,...

Reiterating election day registration.
Byline: Francis N. Tolentino AS it was during the previously set deadline for registration of voters, last weekend's extension for registration only created distress and annoyance among registrants. Long lines under the heat of the sun, together with all the pushing and pulling among registrants, discouraged many...