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Also-ran cable news network MSNBC has had a big run-up in ratings due to its debate coverage and because of the interruptive buffoonery of Chris Matthews and caustic, liberal humor of Keith Olbermann.
Charles Warner: TV Got What It Wanted -- A Profitable Horse Race 2008
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(Also-ran Michael Dukakis got the "Big Mo" out of Iowa that year and went on to win the Democratic nomination.)
A Win Is a Win 2007
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Here's how the process will play out in the Nokomis area Park Board seat, where Carol Kummer has 38 percent of first-choice votes and Jason Stone has 36 percent, both well below the threshold of 50 percent: Also-ran McClain Looney will be dropped first, and the people who chose him first will have their second-choices tallied.
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Windows Mobile is an Also-ran - Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
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Windows Mobile is an Also-ran - Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
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Windows Mobile is an Also-ran - Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
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Windows Mobile is an Also-ran - Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
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Windows Mobile is an Also-ran - Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
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Windows Mobile is an Also-ran - Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
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Windows Mobile is an Also-ran - Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
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