More Women Seek Legislative Office

TRENTON, N.J. - More women are running for state legislative seats than ever before, a group that tracks women's involvement in American politics said Monday.

A record 2,431 women are running for state legislative seats on Nov. 7, 56 more than the previous record of 2,375 set in 1992, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute.

"To see an increase is a good sign, but one year does not make a trend," said Debbie Walsh, the center's head. "It's taken us 14 years to break the old record."

It's important to see women running for and winning election to their state legislatures because the seats provide a …

Finland plans Internet access to all by 2010

Finland plans to provide fast Internet access to all homes and offices by July.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications says telecom operators must be able to provide "every residence and business office with access to a reasonably priced and high-quality connection" with a …

Changing of the guard

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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Result

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan and Sri Lanka drew the first test at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in a match dominated by two double centuries by Taufeeq Umar and Kumar Sangakkara.

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Police, paramilitary troops greet Olympic torch as it passes through riot-hit capital of Tibet

Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops stood watch and hand-picked onlookers cheered as the Olympic torch passed through the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the scene of bloody anti-government riots three months earlier.

No disruptions were reported Saturday although the overall mood was far more subdued than during the torch's earlier travels elsewhere in China.

The city, which has been under a security lockdown since the March riots, all but closed down for Saturday's relay, with streets deserted and shops closed. A security cordon was thrown around central Potala Square, with costumed performers taking the place of Buddhist pilgrims who visit to turn …

Children's Hospital nurse, music lover

PAUL 'STERNO' BAUMANN 1961-2006

At first glance, Paul "Sterno" Baumann might have seemed less likea deep intellectual ready to roll off a pun about an obscure 19thcentury historical fact and more like a Harley-riding fixture atlocal clubs like the Metro or Fitzgerald's.

He was both . . . and then some.

"The thing about him is he was really into everything -- it wasexhausting," said Benn Greenspan, Mr. Baumann's stepfather. "He'dmake birch bark canoes like Lakeland Native Americans made. He gothis nickname because . . . being so big, he always ended up in thestern of the canoe.

"He'd trek out to the western suburbs to take bagpipe lessons,"added …

Profiting from the Plains: The Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West

Profiting from the Plains: The Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West. By Claire Strom. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003. x + 228 pp. Photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $35. ISBN: 0-295-98348-5.

Farming in the northern plains states has never been easy. Even during the "wet years" of the late nineteenth century, yields on the northern plains were relatively low compared with the harvests of their southern neighbors. If farmers on the northern plains had one advantage, it was the railroad. By the turn of the century, the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Great Northern Railway, and a host of smaller local …