Web of conspiracy blames media, planets for vote snafu Conspiracy theorists were burning up the Internet yesterday, blaming everything from the media to the planet Mercury for the election mess. One clever wag even suggested the chief conspirator was President Clinton, looking for another four years in the White House. It's a political drama that will remain as fresh on the minds of Philadelphians as their memories of when Watergate or the city's Abscam scandal broke. It's been a rough couple of days for Fred Zipp, managing editor of the Austin American Statesman, the hometown Texas newspaper of candidate George W. Bush. Electoral College will live It's being blasted as an unfair and archaic relic of the 18th Century.
Surveys show that two out of three American voters want to get rid of it.
Garage owner killed Son is also shot in apparent hold-up Nelson Herrera wanted a better life. That desire prompted his move from his native Dominican Republic to the United States in 1986. It led him to relocate his wife and three sons from Philadelphia's crime-riddled streets to Reading, Pa., two years ago. East Falls Under cover of darkness, they made the dump - bags and bags of frozen, dead purebred puppies and one kitten. Tuesday night's gruesome deposit on an East Falls road has disgusted animal protectors and spurred investigators to vow to prosecute those responsible.