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Hi FR friends, I need a relatively knowledgeable individual to identify a swing/big band track for me. This track was used as a segue between programs by Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRN) during the Korean War. It appears at the end of this Armed Forces Radio Network broadcast of the Jack Benny Show. If you're familiar with playing .MP3 music files, you can download the file at the link below and fast forward to the 24:10 minute mark where the music begins. If someone can name the artist and track title of this song, I'd appreciate it very much. I...

Longtime Democratic Coast Sen. Tommy Gollott switched parties and vowed allegiance to Republican Gov. Haley Barbour on Thursday, temporarily throwing the balance of power in the Mississippi Senate to the GOP for the first time since Reconstruction. Gollott, the longest serving current state lawmaker, blamed his switch on a recent, heavy handed move by the state Democratic Party. The party threatened to not certify Democratic candidates who support Republicans in other races. "In my political career, I have supported the candidates I believed would do the best job of helping the people in my district on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,...

Anita O'Day, whose sassy renditions of "Honeysuckle Rose," "Sweet Georgia Brown" and other song standards that made her one of the most respected jazz vocalists of the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 87. O'Day died in her sleep early Thursday morning at a convalescent hospital in Los Angeles where she was recovering from a bout with pneumonia, said her manager Robbie Cavolina. "On Tuesday night, she said to me, get me out of here," Cavolina said. "But it didn't happen." Once known as the "Jezebel of Jazz" for her reckless, drug-induced lifestyle, O'Day lived to sing and...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- The U.N. said Monday it had launched a military operation to rescue foreign diplomats inside the besieged home of a Congo presidential candidate.

The rumblings of Episcopalians at war are getting louder, and they are being heard in the distant reaches of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Episcopal Church (TEC) is the 2.3-million-member U.S. constituent of the fast-growing Communion, which claims nearly 80 million members in 38 provinces or regions, the majority of them in the predominantly conservative "global south." TEC's waywardness in doctrine over the years, culminating in recent approval of gay sex and now rejection of Anglican calls to repentance, has landed it in deep trouble. Its conservatives are heading for the exits, and many in the Communion are poised to...

I have been watching the Judicial Committee and collateral news events for a long time. I am struck by the continued use of the term "Swing Vote"! Now, I am an attorney but certainly not an expert on the supremes. My Question is, WHAT IS A SWING VOTE? Do the Justices vote in order of senority? No, that would make Souter or Ginsburg the final vote. Did the Court decide to make SDO'C wait until the adults voted before allowing her to speak out? Is she some revered mental wiz that is, by virtue of her supreme knowledge, allowed to...

Anthony Kennedy—the new Sandra Day O'Connor. Lost in last week's cacophony about the critical role of Sandra Day O'Connor as sole and exclusive swing voter on the U.S. Supreme Court was any sign of respect for the other sole and exclusive swing voter on the U.S. Supreme Court: Anthony M. Kennedy. Kennedy's majority opinion in today's big physician-assisted-suicide case serves as the perfect reminder of who's going to call the shots in the near future. The 6-3 opinion in Gonzales v. Oregon—a decision upholding Oregon's physician-assisted-suicide law from attack by the Attorney General's Office—sharply outlines the court's Anthony Kennedy-shaped future....

Ronald Reagan, like all presidents, made a few mistakes while he was in office, and one of his more regrettable blunders was nominating a judge by the name of Sandra Day O'Connor for a position on the highest court in the land. Although many people in the left-wing media like to refer to her as a "moderate" jurist, that characterization only proves that they have no idea what a judge's job actually is. Using the word ''moderate'' to describe a judge is like using the word Jewish to describe a cat. The term simply does not apply. It is a...

TERRIBLE TWOSOME: Mohamed Erarbi and wife Hanan Ebrahiem.....are charged with sex abuse against a neighbor. Photo: N.Y. Post/Spencer A. Burnett A swinging Brooklyn couple was busted for allegedly trying to force a female neighbor into a three-way sex romp....... "They're sick people, that's all I can tell you," said the 34-year-old victim...... The victim met up with Hanan Ebrahiem, 35, and her husband, Mohamed Erarbi, Saturday night and drove with them to an Egyptian club in New Jersey......... On the ride home, the victim said the couple.......discussed "wife swapping" with each other, according to police. When they returned to...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bandleader and clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed for his recording of "Begin the Beguine" and one of the giants of the swing era of jazz, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will Curtis said. A self-declared perfectionist, Shaw put down the clarinet in 1954 and never played it again, saying he could not reach the level of artistry he desired. He had been ill for several years, Curtis said.

This Holiday Season when your Bush-loving household is finally ready to give thanks for a year's worth of blessings, don't forget the Mighty Texas Strike Force. The Mighty Texas who, you ask? Well, with some swing states like Ohio and Florida, going red, and other battlegrounds like Pennsylvania inching ever so close, 1500 selfless Texans deserve recognition for fighting unseen battles to round up every last W vote. Whether you saw some extra Bush signs along your Michigan highway, got another W knock at your door in Iowa, or saw an unusually large number of passionate Bush supporters waving signs...

I keep seeing posts telling me to go to the Bush Web site to call swing state voters, but I can't find any info on the site about this. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello I'm from Brooklyn thats a borough of New York City just in case you aren't aware. I m currently a college student and will vote in the upcoming election for Bush 99.9% sure. My personal feeling is that New York is going for Bush in the election. There are many things that make me feel this way. For one I feel that we New Yorkers have been effected the most directly by terror and this definetely will effect the vote cast. I have not seen a New York poll lately and I m sure its ignored because the dems...

Pondering when Dan Rather will swing Timing is everything as CBS looks for an out Months before Richard Nixon's resignation, as he was facing impeachment, a "60 Minutes" commentator compared the president to a dead mouse on the kitchen floor of America. The only issue, observed Nicholas von Hoffman, was who was going to pick him up by the tail and toss him into the trash. CBS executives, much lathered by Von Hoffman's effrontery, booted him from his post as a regular commentator. These 30 years later, CBS executives are in a new lather over another Republican president, and they're...

Security obsession pushes swing states into Bush's grasp Voters in Missouri are desperate to protect the homeland, and are turning to the Republicans for reassurance Paul Harris in Clay County, Missouri Sunday September 26, 2004 The Observer The air was hot and the mosquitoes were biting as Tom Brown sweatily trudged from house to house on the leafy suburban street. An elderly woman opened her door and eagerly took a leaflet from the Republican campaigner. Her next words brought a grin to Brown's face. 'I was going to vote for you anyway,' she said, before adding: 'And I'm a Democrat,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A sweeping voter registration campaign in heavily Democratic areas has added tens of thousands of new voters to the rolls in the swing states of Ohio and Florida, a surge that has far exceeded the efforts of Republicans in both states, a review of registration data shows. The analysis by The New York Times of county-by-county data shows that in Democratic areas of Ohio - primarily low-income and minority neighborhoods - new registrations since January have risen 250 percent over the same period in 2000. In comparison, new registrations have increased just 25 percent in Republican areas....

Email to NPR Ombudsman Dvorkin 9/24/2004 Dear Mr. Dvorkin, I must say I was stunned that NPR has decided to go ahead with this series of "swing voter" interviews. I listened to Morning Edition's latest installment today and was dumbfounded that the rationale advanced for Ridley's donations to Clarke and Kerry was that Bush was raising more money and Ridley simply acted to level the playing field. This is absurd and is insulting to NPR's listeners. Ridley is presented as a swing voter in THIS year's presidential election. He is purportedly undecided, yet these are the facts: He has given...

Bush ahead in swing states, will defeat Kerry: Karl Rove Thu Sep 23, 1:03 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush will defeat his Democratic rival, John Kerry, in the November 2 election because he is leading in the polls in the key US swing states, the president's top political adviser said in an interview. Karl Rove, who has a Machiavellian reputation as a political mastermind, said in an interview with The Washington Times that many states "that were expected to be in close contention are floating out of contention" and into Bush's camp. With the US...

A first in a series of chats with NPR's very own swing voter. Commentator John Ridley is still undecided.....Except that Ridley has not had much problem deciding who to give his money to. He dropped a cool $500 into John Kerry's coffers in March according to Open Secrets and Fund Race 2004. Open Secrets also has him tossing Wes Clark $500 in January.

George W Bush has received an 11 point bounce in mid-convention polling, according to Time magazine -- something that vapourises widely circulated media pundit claims that the absence of a bounce for John Kerry following the Democratic National Convention meant the electorate had already frozen in place. In a story filed on 03 September (US time), Time reports that, if the election for US president were held right now, 52 per cent of likely voters surveyed would vote for President George W Bush, 41 per cent would vote for Democratic nominee John Kerry, and 3 per cent would vote for...

Paris in the swing but business predicts a grim future By Henry Samuel in Paris (Filed: 21/08/2004) The Socialist mayor of Paris has been accused of propelling the French capital into terminal economic decline by promoting the pleasure pursuits of the city's "bohemian bourgeoisie" at the expense of commerce. The emphasis on green spaces, bus and bicycle lanes, and traffic restrictions designed to improve the quality of Parisians' lives is stifling a city that needs to work as well as play, according to politicians and business leaders. Fearful of the impact on Paris as a commercial capital, they have united...

In Election 2000, the difference in the votes cast for George W. Bush and Al Gore was less than one percent in Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin -- all of which are considered battleground or “swing” states for the 2004 election. Most experts agree that in the 2004 election Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Florida and Missouri join the list. Together these ten states account for 117 of the electoral-college votes -- with 270 votes needed to win the presidency. OREGON (7 electoral votes): Democrats have been victorious in the last three presidential elections in Oregon, but Republicans...

CREVE COEUR, Mo. (Reuters) - Kathleen Balducci is a hot commodity in the 2004 presidential race -- as an undecided voter in a battleground state, she and other Missouri swing voters will play big roles in deciding the next occupant of the White House. With polls showing President Bush (news - web sites) and Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) locking up their base supporters in an extremely tight race, Balducci and a few million uncommitted voters in a handful of key states like Missouri could be kingmakers in November. "I haven't seen a real turnover with the economy,...

VIENNA, VIRGINIA -- As a part of a week-long gathering of New Thought leaders coming from around the world beginning July 18, 2004, the 89th International New Thought Alliance (INTA) leadership will be honoring Bishop William E. Swing for his groundbreaking work to stop religiously motivated violence. The Congress will be held at the Sheraton Premiere Tysons Corner, Vienna, Virginia from July 18 -23. Rev. Swing has gained national attention due to his innovative leadership of the drive to establish a United Religions body to promote religious harmony throughout the world through small circle dialogues among diverse populations. Bishop Swing...

By Carl Weiser Enquirer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Why Ohio? Ohio is the must-win state in the 2004 presidential election. That's been made clear through hours of local TV ads, front-page stories about Ohio's importance in USA Today and The Washington Post, and weekly visits from the candidates and their surrogates. ABOUT OHIO Who says Ohio is the most important state in the 2004 presidential election? • The Washington Post, April 18 Began a series of stories on "Swing State: The Battle for Ohio." Description of Ohio: "Gatekeeper to the presidency 2004." • The Hill, April 1 "A ripe, green Ohio...

<p>President Bush charged Thursday that Democratic rival John Kerry's approach to recent tax cuts would be to "take them away" and use the money to expand the federal government.</p> <p>"I have a better idea: To keep this economy growing and to create jobs, the tax cuts must be permanent," Bush said at a fund-raiser where he banked more than $700,000 for a re-election war chest that already dwarfs Kerry's.</p>

Way to go, Gov. Arnold! Declaring a "financial emergency," he has authorized the payment of state money owed to local government agencies, including the city of Bakersfield and Kern County. It's a gutsy, much-needed move. Democrat lawmakers would be well-advised to support it. Look for another bone to fight Republicans over. The money was caught in the sleight-of-hand that Sacramento politicians use to balance the state's budget and cover up their excessive spending. During more than a decade of Republican and Democratic governors leading California, sales tax, property tax and other fees, such as the vehicle license fee, have been...

BISHOP SWING'S MOST EXCELLENT EUROPEAN ADVENTURE Or, Great Moments in Ecumenical Understanding, ECUSA-Style Commentary Report By Lee Penn The Christian Challenge (Washington, DC) September 16, 2003 LIBERAL CALIFORNIA Episcopal Bishop William Swing hatched a plan in late 2002 to make a ten-day ecumenical pilgrimage to Canterbury, Rome, and Istanbul, in which he would be joined by (among others) San Francisco Roman Catholic Archbishop William Levada and Metropolitan Anthony, the city's Greek Orthodox Metropolitan. Swing described this pilgrimage, which took place in April 2003, as having several lofty-sounding ecumenical objectives. Yet it appears that he and some within his entourage did...

Democrats may be cheered by the fact that President Bush's approval ratings are at their lowest point in his presidency and that his re-elect numbers aren't great. But they have to be worried about a pro-Republican shift in voters' party identification. It may not seem dangerous that, according to a new Pew Research Center poll, 31 percent of registered voters regard themselves as Democrats, 30 percent as Republicans and 39 percent Independents, but that's a 5-point GOP switch from the average from 1997 to 2000. During that period, 33 percent considered themselves Democrats and 27 percent Republicans. According to Pew,...

<p>COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Gray Davis began a two-day swing through the state's rural reaches to rally farmworkers and voters in the southern deserts and coastal farmlands.</p> <p>The statewide tour is part of two busy final weeks of campaigning for Davis and GOP challenger Bill Simon, who spent Sunday lunching with Central Coast Republicans and seeking support in San Jose, the heart of high-tech Silicon Valley.</p>

Migrants issue may swing poll in Sweden By Julian Isherwood, Scandinavia Correspondent (Filed: 13/09/2002) A small Swedish party that has criticised the country's liberal immigration policy has soared in popularity ahead of a general election this weekend, threatening the re-election of the governing Social Democrats. Opinion polls suggest that the centrist Liberal Party, which has proposed tightening immigration rules, will garner around 14 per cent of the vote, more than triple its last electoral performance of a little above four per cent. "People are supporting us because we are addressing their concerns properly," said the party leader, Lars Leijonborg. His...

It's inevitable. McAuliffe turns $100,000 into $18 million because of what Terry calls, "Smart investing." Brilliance like that should be shared with everyone. Books must be opened. From The Washington Times February 24, 2002 - Mr. McAuliffe — who self-righteously infers that all sorts of nefarious motives are behind the Bush administration's relationship with Enron Corp. — denies any wrongdoing or inappropriate behavior on his own part. (He arranged for Mr. Winnick to play golf with then-President Bill Clinton, though he denies any connection between that priceless introduction and the windfall he received.)As we all know, anyone linked to the...