Probably not, though seven states are considering lowering the legal drinking age to 18. The argument is that at 18 years old you can fight a war in Iraq, get married, get credit cards, have children, purchase tobacco, and be tried as an adult in court, but buying a six-pack is way illegal. Evidently some [...]
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John Tyler Hammons, a 19-year-old student at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, a city with a population of 38,000. Hammons won 70 percent of the vote to beat out a former mayor of the city. “The public placing their trust in me is the greatest, humbling and most awesome experience I’ve [...]
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photo credit: Beth and Christian John Edwards announced his backing of Barack Obama today, adding to a growing list of endorsement and superdelegate wins for Obama in the past few days. The announcement comes after Obama’s loss in West Virginia on Tuesday. Interestingly, John Edwards was actually on the ballot in West Virginia and came out [...]
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16. May 2008
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