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Paul Wellstone unseated a senator who couldn't be beat with a progressive populist platform that launched him all the way to the US Senate. This book tells how it was, and can be, done.

From the school board all the way to the White House, Politics the Wellstone Way instructs people on becoming better organizers, candidates, campaign workers, and citizen activists, empowering them to make their voices heard.

"This is a great book for progressives who want to win without compromising their principles. The pages are filled with smart advice and useful tools from Wellstone's most trusted advisers. Highly recommended for those who are progressive and want to win!" - Senator Tom Harkin

Politics the Wellstone Way will be released late September 2005.

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New College Football Helmets for 2005

Indiana, BYU, and Pittsburgh will be having new helmets this fall(in case anyone cares). You can check them out here.

Old Fashioned Carter Not Down With Torture

Former US president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter called for the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be closed, "to demonstrate clearly our nation's historic commitment to protect human rights."

"Our government needs to close down Guantanamo and the two dozen secret detention facilities run by the United States as soon as possible," Carter said Tuesday in Atlanta at a conference organized by the Carter Center.

He also called for an end to the policy of transferring prisoners to countries where there have been reports of torture, and pressed for an independent commission to investigate the US detention facilities.

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ESPN pulls out of coaches' poll, BCS process

ESPN withdrew from the college football coaches' poll Tuesday, the second major news organization to say it didn't want to be a part of the Bowl Championship Series' weekly rankings.

The cable sports network said it no longer wanted its name attached to the rankings unless all ballots were made public, not just the final ones. USA Today will continue running the poll, which helps determine who plays for the national championship.

In December, The Associated Press told the BCS to stop using its media poll in its weekly formula.

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