NEWS
February 11, 2011 | James Oliphant, Washington Bureau
Tim Pawlenty and John Thune, two Midwesterners and possible 2012 presidential contenders, cast themselves as fiscal warriors before a receptive political action conference crowd Friday. Pawlenty, the former two-term governor of Minnesota, is likely to jump in the race, perhaps soon. Thune, a senator from South Dakota who is relatively unknown nationally but viewed as a rising star in conservative circles, is less so. Speaking to a record gathering at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, both decried what they termed a runaway expansion of government under President Barack Obama.
NATIONAL
December 1, 2010 | By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times
In the cornucopia of kitschy roadside attractions, few rival the Corn Palace, a monument to maize that rises from this prairie town's main drag like a Hollywood prop tossed off the back of a big rig barreling down the interstate. Its green-and-yellow onion domes and spires tower over Main Street, an otherwise unremarkable avenue of low-rise buildings. Golden husks and hundreds of thousands of colorful cobs ? held in place by more than a ton of nails, wires and staples ? blanket the exterior.
NEWS
October 13, 2010 | By James Oliphant, Tribune Washington Bureau
Kristi Noem announces her arrival with a clatter of boot heel on the tile floor of a fast-food restaurant. She orders lunch herself. A small bowl of soup. The woman that some have dubbed the "next Sarah Palin" travels light. With just one aide in tow, she makes her way around an eatery, greeting residents of this small South Dakota town, which sits an hour north of Sioux Falls. She's tall and angular, with a Westerner's bearing. She's between campaign events, but she's dressed casually, in jeans.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 2, 2010 | By Shane Goldmacher
Republican attorney general candidate John Eastman must change the way he identifies himself to voters on the June 8 primary election ballot, a judge ruled Thursday. Eastman wanted his job described as "assistant attorney general," a title given to him for work on a single case in South Dakota. The judge said the title could mislead voters and also ruled against Eastman's second choice: "taxpayer advocate/attorney." Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley ordered Eastman, who recently resigned as dean of Chapman University School of Law in Orange County, to be identified instead as a "constitutional law attorney."
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 18, 2010 | By Shane Goldmacher
Republican attorney general candidate John Eastman has chosen the job description he will show voters on the June ballot: assistant attorney general. What he isn't saying, though, is that he is an assistant attorney general in South Dakota. Eastman resigned as dean of the Chapman University School of Law in Orange in January. But he opted to use a title given to him for a case he's working on in South Dakota. His opponents in the GOP primary contest are crying foul. "Eastman's cynical move makes a mockery of the ballot designation system.
SPORTS
December 30, 2009
Rk. Team Rec. Result Next 1. KANSAS 12-0 d. Belmont, 81-51 at No. 18 Temple, Saturday Cole Aldrich has 11 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks in another laugher. 2. TEXAS 12-0 d. Gardner Webb, 95-63 Texas A&M Crps Christi, Sat. Longhorns force 27 turnovers and get a season-high 19 steals in easy victory. 3. KENTUCKY 14-0 d. Hartford, 104-61 Louisville, Saturday Freshman John Wall breaks Travis Ford's school record with 16 assists.