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Eighth-grader Sameer Mishra, 13, of West Lafayette, Ind., reacted yesterday after winning the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
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Political robocalls target of legislation
Feinstein wants limits on automated phoning
By John Marelius
STAFF WRITER
When a candidate asked Sen. Dianne Feinstein to record a message for an automated campaign phone call, she was happy to oblige.
Then the complaints started.
“I had hundreds of phone calls from people who said, 'How dare you call me at three o'clock in the morning,' ” the California Democrat told a Senate hearing in February.
Perception of paradise often cloudy each June
Local visitors expect sun, but most days find it gray
By Robert Krier
STAFF WRITER
June is often San Diego's dirty little secret, one for which we apologize.
When friends, family and tourists arrive from out of town, they expect warm, sun-splashed days. But “gloom” can be a common weather adjective during San Diego's late spring.
Some of us find ourselves apologizing to sun-starved visitors, as KUSI-TV weatherman Joe Lizura did on the air last week when clouds and rain meant a bleak Memorial Day weekend.
Looking for a job? Iowa has surplus of openings
Exodus of college grads, retirements creating glut
By John Leland
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
DES MOINES, Iowa – On a recent evening here, Greg Tew, 28, considered the question: What is it like to work in a state that is creating more jobs than workers? He was sitting in the lobby of a new hotel in downtown Des Moines, part of an extensive redevelopment investment to attract workers to Iowa.
2008 VOTE: PRESIDENTCompromise said in works on Democrats' delegate issue
By Dan Balz
THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – When Democratic Party leaders voted on Aug. 25, 2007, to sanction Florida Democrats for moving up the date of their presidential primary, no one anticipated that the decision would lead to a tense showdown that will help decide the outcome of the nomination battle between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
S.D. fair stars' requests run from sedate to silly
Requirements often vetoed by promoters
By Terry Rodgers and George Varga
STAFF WRITERS
Pop-music diva Fergie requires a gallon of fresh-squeezed orange juice, while her backup band can't survive without a box of Lucky Charms. Blues icon B.B. King requests an unopened fifth of Glenlivet single-malt scotch for his dressing room before his performances.
Comedian Sinbad is content with hot tea with lemon and honey.
