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Article date: November 08, 2008
BATMAN star Val Kilmer is launching a bid to become Governor of New Mexico.
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(Newser) – Val Kilmer’s considering a run for governor of New Mexico, he tells Cindy Adams of the New York Post. “There's sort of a rumor around that I'm maybe thinking about running to be governor of New Mexico? Well, it's sort of true,” says the star of Batman Forever and the Doors. “It’s been my home for 25 years. I really love my state,” he said.
“Poor, hardworking, decent people—Native Americans, carpenters, artists, expats mixed in with hundreds of the world's smartest physicists at Los Alamos. I've always thought of myself as functioning as a candidate for them,” Kilmer said. And current governor Bill Richardson “had a dinner for me and said not to dismiss the idea. Said I could be a great governor.”
Mixed reactions greet return of Santa Fe's political dynamo
New York Times Jan 6, 09 12:31 PM CST
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His cushy Cabinet post yanked out from underneath him, Bill Richardson is heading home to the state that made him a national player, reports the New York Times . And while New Mexico might be a let-down for Richardson, (“Sometimes your own dreams and plans must take a back seat to what is best for the nation,” he says) not everyone is happy to see him ride back into town either.
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He rose to power in
late '90s on strength
of anti-Semitic views
CNN Oct 11, 08 9:34 AM CDT
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A right-wing Austrian politician who sparked controversy with rhetoric viewed as pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic was killed today in a car accident, CNN reports. Joerg Haider, 58, was driving alone when he left the road, hit a concrete post, and flipped several times, said a witness. When Haider's anti-immigration Freedom Party earned enough votes to join a government coalition in 1999, the EU imposed months of sanctions. He broke from the party a few years ago and toned down his comments.
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Cancer-stricken star misses appearance to promote new show
People 38 minutes ago
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Patrick Swayze checked himself into the hospital after coming down with pneumonia, People reports. Swayze, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, was forced to cancel an appearance to speak about his new show The Beast at a TV Critics Association panel in LA. “We wish him the very best with his recovery,” the president of A&E, which will air the show, said at the event.
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