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Delaware Grapevine is taking a break. It will return the week of Aug. 23.

JUSTICE IS JUST US

Posted: Aug. 13, 2010

The smallest of crimes takes an army of people to stop what they are doing in order to spend hours and hours in a courtroom for a jury trial, as happened this week. If justice were not blind, her eyes would be glazed over.

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OFF THE BENCH

Posted: Aug. 9, 2010

After 25 years as a federal judge, Joe Farnan is not taking the typical route of easing into retirement by going on senior status. He has plans. So do the lawyers who are lined up in hopes of replacing him on the U.S. District Court.

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SAVED BY THE COURTS

Posted: Aug. 5, 2010

Delaware officials can exhale. There appears to be a way around holding a special congressional election, if Mike Castle were to be elected to the Senate and depart early from the state's lone seat in the House of Representatives.

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MUSICAL POLITICS WITH TOO MANY CHAIRS

Posted: Aug. 3, 2010

When the Delaware voters elect a new senator in November to the seat where Joe Biden once sat, there could be a domino effect leading to some unexpected chaos. The problem is just now starting to dawn on state officials. This is not a joke.

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PUT THE LT. GOV IN CHARGE OF "NOT YO' MAMA'S BANANA PUDDING"

Posted: July 29, 2010

It was the job of Matt Denn, the lieutenant governor, to go to the Delaware State Fair in Harrington as the official host for Paula Deen and her extravagant recipes. This, from an administration that promotes healthy living.

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PHIL GRAMM ENLISTS FOR A NEW BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE

Posted: July 27, 2010

Phil Gramm, the ex-senator from Texas, was here Monday to aid the Delaware Republicans in their effort to take back a state representative district in Brandywine Hundred, where the politics are not going their way. 

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