In the 1994 Senate campaign against the equivalent of Mr Cecchi, Michael Huffington, she had to mortgage her house.

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At the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference this morning, Huffington was asked by Michael Arrington if the AOL-Huffington Post merger is going to succeed in transforming AOL into a thriving content business.

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There are many blogs that elaborate on the wider issues at play, like Michael Deibert's on the Huffington Post that tackles the Ugandan government's errors, and the Unmuted blog that focuses on the disempowerment of Ugandans.

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