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Around the Nation
In Colorado, All Eyes On Unaffiliated Voters
()The only way to win in this former red state is by appealing to the nearly one-third of Colorado voters who don't belong to a party. Republicans are still the largest party here, and they are hoping to lure swing voters back to the GOP.
As high-school football kicks off around the country, we want to document the people behind the game and the rituals that surround it. Tell us your stories.
Business
Boeing Hopes Long-Delayed Plane Takes Off In S.C.()
November 20, 2009 Boeing has moved to South Carolina from its ancestral home in the Pacific Northwest to build the 787 Dreamliner. The company will spend less on labor and receive more than $175 million in state incentives. But it will have to train a new workforce, which Boeing's Seattle unions predict may be the undoing of the Southern operation.
Friday Night Lives
In Massillon, High School Football Is 'Who We Are'()
November 20, 2009 The Ohio school has a 20,000-seat stadium, a $3 million indoor practice facility and a live tiger for a mascot. Massillon teams have won 22 state championships and they're in the running for another one. It's football "sunup to sundown," the head coach says.
Chicago School Board Chief's Death Raises Questions()
November 20, 2009 Michael Scott was found shot in the head Monday, his body partially submerged in the Chicago River. The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, but so far police have not reached that conclusion, and there's widespread disbelief among the mayor and others that Scott would have killed himself.
Business
Price Fight: Coke Isn't It At Costco()
November 20, 2009 If you're a member of Costco, the nation's largest wholesale club, you may be surprised to learn that Coca-Cola's products are no longer on the shelves. The two companies are locked in a rare public dispute over the price consumers pay for beverages.
Education
Students Rail Against University Of California Fees()
November 20, 2009 UC regents, meeting at UCLA, approved fees that will bring the average annual cost to about $10,300 — a threefold increase in a decade. In protest, University of California Berkeley students barricaded themselves in part of a campus building on Friday.
Hard Lessons From Two Mass Killings In Texas()
November 20, 2009 The Senate is conducting hearings into the recent shootings at Fort Hood — a tragedy that took place just miles from the site of a deadly 1991 attack. That episode, in which a gunman killed 23 people at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, reshaped how police, medical and psychological personnel respond to such tragedies.
