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lease o f a y o ung m an w ho has
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analysis without facts to back it
up. Presidential candidate Sen.
Barack O bam a, D-III., last week
called for T anner’s firing.
Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., said
that in the 2004 presidential race,
for exam ple, the same percent
age o f eligible black voters as
w hites cast ballots in his state.
But o f those groups, more blacks
over age 60 voted than whites in
the same age group.
Tanner, w ho said he too is
from Alabam a, said he was un
aw are o f those statistics.
“You engaged in an analysis
without know ing the num bers,”
Davis told Tanner. “ If you are
basing your conclusions on ste
reotypes rather than facts, then it
suggests to some o f us that som e
one else can do this jo b better
than you can.”
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black A m ericans — particularly
Confusion over the change from daylight savings
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appointments last Sunday.
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charges.
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papers say three other
As part o f the deal, he resigned
from the force and lost his state women have com plained about
K ohnke behaving in a p p ro p ri
law enforcem ent certification.
In a federal lawsuit filed earlier ately with them.
He was on the force nine years.
this week, a woman said she was
living in a hom eless cam p in As part o f his sentence, he will
southeast Portland when Kohnke also pay a $500 fine and perform
40 hours o f com m unity service.
m olested her.
black m ales — have shorter life
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black person bom in 2004 had an
average life expectancy o f 73.1
years, about five years less than
for whites, according to the Na
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division’s voting section.
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for clearing a G eorgia law that
requires voters to show govern
m ent-issued photo IDs at the
polls.
O pponents say photo ID laws
will disenfranchise minorities, the
poor and the elderly w ho don't
have driver’s licenses or other
valid governm ent-issued photo
IDs. S upporters o f such laws
say they are needed to prevent
voter fraud.
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the ruling w ill “put an end to this
issue as a m atter o f contention
in the hearts and m inds o f co n
ce rn e d G e o rg ia n s and others
across the country w ho have
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I'm stressed over my relationship
and don't know what to do. My
boyfriend plays mind games with
me and I never know where I fully
stand. One day he seems to love me
to death and others he seems as if
he wants to walk out the door. I feel
suspicious that he may have some
one else but I can't confirm it. He
comes home every night and he
may be moody or short tempered
most times but at least he' s at home.
Can you help me figure ou, what I'm
doi ng wrong? —Trinae: Dallas, TX
DearTrinae:
You're making the mistake of wast
ing your time hoping this man will
trip and fall in love with you and tell
you what you want to hear. H e's
not connected to you and there's
someone or something else pulling
him away. He may be with you each
night but his attitude and tempera
ment indicates he doesn’t want to
be there. The end of your relation
In the past w e've traditionally turned our clocks
back an hour the last weekend in O ctober, a sign
that fall is here and giving us that m uch-anticipated
extra hour o f sleep. This year, how ever. D aylight
Savings Tim e has been pushed back a week to the
first Sunday in November.
So set your clocks back one hour a, 2 a.m. this
Sunday, Nov. 4 and add us to the list of those who got
it wrong in our last edition. We regret the error.
ship is near and you should enjoy
the ride and prepare to move on
because the end is certainly on the
horizon.
Dear Deanna!
My wife has become a stranger that
I don't recognize anymore. She's
defensive when 1 ask personal ques
tions and always has a chip on her
shoulder. I love her but I am not
going to be mistreated, used or dis
respected. She is pushing things too
far now because she’s embarrassing
me in front of her friends. 1 don't
know what is happening but her
appearance, her m<xxl and every
thing about her isdifferent. How can
I get to the bottom of these changes?
-Anonymous; On-Line Reader
Dear Anonymous:
husband and now he w on't pay the
money back. I did this personal
favor without talking to my friend
first. He is now telling me to stop
harassing him or he's going to ac
cuse me of trying to sleep with him.
I’ve been sending him e-mails to
call along with text messages and
I’vecalledhiscell phone. I thought
I was doing the right thing by not
mentioning the loan. How do I get
my money without jeopardizing my
friendship? -M iss CeeCee; At
lanta, GA
Dear CeeCee:
It’s to your advantage to go ahead
and write the money off unless
you're willing to bring drama in
your life. If there’s no promissory
note or paper trail indicating you
loaned the money and it would be
paid back, you're stuck. You're
being blackmailed and it's going to
get worse. Tell your friend about
the loan, stop looking for payment
and whatever happens in their rela
tionship is not your fault because
you ehose to be honest and have
integrity.
Your wife is showing guilty signs of
having an affair. Whomever she is
seeing has Exxisted her self-image,
her confidence and she's become
happy and bold. However, when
she returns to reality and sees your
face, she becomes deflated and rude
which causes her to lash out at you
over simple things. You need to be
a real man and share your concerns, Ask Deanna is written by Deanna
point out the changes and either M. Write Ask Deanna! Email;
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