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<p>SEN. Hillary Clinton's trouble with PETA isn't going away. The kerfuffle over her new sheared mink coat that her staff is trying to pass off as velvet has spurred PETA President Ingrid Newkirk to tell the horrific tale of "Mr. Velvet," a red fox who lost a leg to a steel trap. "His eyes were wide as saucers as his tongue pounded the air with each labored breath," Newkirk wrote of her furry friend before he was released from the trap, which "took all my strength to open and release the crushed white bones of his paw." She also claims that Clinton's cover-up of her cover-up is disappointing and wants the truth. "I live in the hope that Americans will continue to demand honesty from their politicians, as well as empathy and kindness." A rep for Clinton reiterated the party line: "The only thing we've said about this is what we say again: The senator has owned a mink coat for over 25 years. Because it was worn, she traded it in."</p>

<p>THE anti-fur folk at PETA may have a new target: Sen. Hillary Clinton.</p> <p>On Dec. 24, the Times' Boldfaced Names column reported that Manhattan furrier Peter Duffy "told us he had just finished a mink coat for Hillary Rodham Clinton."</p>

Days after 10,000 mink were released from a farm in southern Snohomish County, hundreds of the animals not yet captured have converged on local farms in search of food. The animals had killed at least 25 exotic birds and attacked other livestock in the area. "Over half our livestock was shredded. Murdered. Eaten alive," said Jeff Weaver, who discovered the dead birds on his farm Thursday. "These are not like regular farm animals. They're our pets." Weaver, who breeds Indian Runner ducks and Banny chickens, said his field was full of the animals Thursday morning. "One of the mink had...

SPANISH FORK — In 1997, a group of "straight edge" gang members sneaked onto Paul Westwood's Spanish Fork fur farm and released 1,100 minks from their cages. Because attacks like these are fairly common in Utah — which has more fur farms than any other state — most mink farmers try to avoid the spotlight. It may come as a surprise, then, that Westwood is featured on the cover of today's Parade magazine, alongside the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cameron Diaz. Parade editor Dakila Divina says Westwood was selected for the annual "What People Earn" issue because his job...

<p>Ed Case is the winner of yesterday's special election to serve the remaining five weeks of the term of the late Congresswoman Patsy Mink.</p> <p>More details to come.</p>

<p>A disc jockey. A cruise-ship doctor. A cab driver. Three former state legislators and a retired city councilman.For half of them, it is their first run for public office.</p> <p>Thirty-eight people are on the ballot in Saturday's special election to fill the final five weeks of the current term of the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink.</p>

Democrats Scramble for Control of Mink's Open House Seat HONOLULU, Nov. 21 -- Eager to retain a contested congressional seat following the historic GOP gubernatorial victory in Hawaii, state Democrats are fielding a winnowed list of prominent hopefuls to succeed the late Rep. Patsy T. Mink. A handful of experienced Republican politicians, however, hopes to beat the odds in the winner-take-all race.

HONOLULU- Forty-four candidates met the filing deadline to run in a special election on Jan. 4 to replace the late Rep. Patsy Mink, who was posthumously re-elected this month. The long list of candidates who met Wednesday's deadline include some prominent Democrats and Republicans who lost races this election season, two incumbent state lawmakers, former politicians and a host of lesser-known perennial candidates. The January race will be the second special election for the 500,000 registered voters in the district representing rural Oahu and the neighbor islands. First, a special election is scheduled Nov. 30 to fill the remaining weeks...

<p>WASHINGTON — Several of the House's more prominent and colorful members, including GOP leader Dick Armey and Democratic stalwart David Bonior, are leaving office with the close of this Congress. Some are taking the short walk down the Capitol hallway to the Senate. One took a longer trip to a Pennsylvania jail.</p>

Poll favors Mink; McDermott says figures are wrong By Crystal Kua ckua@starbulletin.com Voters will likely give the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink her final election win in November, according to results of the latest Star-Bulletin/KITV 4 News poll. The poll shows Democrat Mink, who died Sept. 28, with 60 percent of vote, Republican Bob McDermott with 19 percent, others with 3 percent and the undecided with 18 percent. "I look at those numbers and I'm befuddled," McDermott said. "I think my dog, Elvis, can score better than 19." McDermott said he questions the reliability of the poll. "I don't think...

<p>HONOLULU - When the voters of Hawaii awake the morning after the Nov. 5 election, they are likely to find they have done two extraordinary things: elect a live Republican to the governor's office and a dead Democrat to Congress.</p>

John Mink, husband of the late Democratic Rep. Patsy T. Mink, will run in the Nov. 30 special election in Hawaii's 2nd District to fill the brief remainder of the veteran congresswoman's unexpired term. But he made clear his candidacy is a limited one. John Mink was one of 41 candidates to file for the special election by Tuesday's deadline, but he becomes the instant front-runner in the winner-take-all contest. However, Mink said he only wants to complete the few weeks remaining in the term to which his wife was elected in 2000. He said he would not be a...

<p>HONOLULU (AP) -- The widower of the late Rep. Patsy Mink has entered the race for the Nov. 30 special election to serve out the final weeks of her term.</p> <p>Patsy Mink died Sept. 28, two days after a deadline for the Democratic Party to name a replacement. Her name remains on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. If she is re-elected posthumously, a second special election would be required Jan. 4 to fill her vacancy.</p>

The late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink's name will remain on the Nov. 5 general election ballot after the state Supreme Court denied yesterday Gov. Ben Cayetano's request that would have allowed the Democratic Party to replace her with a candidate. » ELECTION RESULTS « Primary Election Guide State Office of Elections Cayetano asked the high court on Tuesday to direct the state's chief election officer, Dwayne Yoshina, to extend the deadline for the party to name a replacement because of Mink's death. Mink won her party's nomination on Sept. 21, but she died Sept. 28, two days after the deadline....

Injustices Of The Justices Justice James Zazzali gave $1,000 to Torricelli's present campaign, and he and his wife contributed $2,500 in previous years to Torricelli and his PAC. Justice LaVecchia's husband gave $2,000 to Torricelli's current campaign, and Justice Long's husband gave $250 to Torricelli's 1996 campaign. Justice Albin was confirmed and privately sworn into the court four weeks ago, rushed into office to decide the Torricelli case before his public oath ceremony. He contributed $1,000 to Torricelli's current campaign and gave $500 more to a PAC which in turn contributed $2,000 to Torricelli. He also contributed $1,500 to Torricelli's...

The daughter of late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink said yesterday she is angered by what appears to be an attempt to manipulate the electoral process in favor of the Democratic Party in the race to succeed her mother in Hawaii's 2nd District. Gwendolyn Mink said in an interview that the state should make sure voters get the chance to pick their next representative. She criticized what she called "forces that seemed to be interested in ensuring an outcome that was more favorable, than in assuring that the people have a full say in the matter." The state's attempts to change...

<p>Gov. Ben Cayetano yesterday defended his move to ask the state Supreme Court to allow Democrats to replace the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink on the general election ballot.</p> <p>"Let me say at the very outset that when Mrs. Mink passed away, there was a hue and cry from Republicans about the cost of the special elections, as if we had a choice," Cayetano said. "And since then, having heard from the public who have expressed concerns about the cost of the special elections, we have been finding and looking for different ways to obviate those costs and yet fulfill the requirements of the law."</p>

<p>Attorney General Earl Anzai will ask the state Supreme Court today to allow the Democratic Party to appoint a new candidate to take the place of the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink in the Nov. 5 general election.</p> <p>The filing by Gov. Ben Cayetano's administration will ask the court to override a state law that set a Sept. 26 deadline for the party to appoint a replacement candidate for Mink, Anzai said.</p>

<p>Attorney General Earl Anzai will ask the state Supreme Court today to allow the Democratic Party to appoint a new candidate to take the place of the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink in the Nov. 5 general election.</p> <p>The filing by Gov. Ben Cayetano's administration will ask the court to override a state law that set a Sept. 26 deadline for the party to appoint a replacement candidate for Mink, Anzai said.</p>

The state Supreme Court will be asked Tuesday to allow the state elections officer to remove the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink's name from the Nov. 5 general election ballot and replace it with a candidate chosen by the Democratic Party, following a request from Gov. Ben Cayetano to Attorney General Earl Anzai. The request would allow the Office of Elections to approve a candidate switch by the Democratic Party. If Mink's name stays on the ballot and she wins on Nov. 5 over Republican state Rep. Bob McDermott, a second special election will be held Jan. 4 to fill...