In that Republican primary (which Bilbray also won), 59,195 people voted In the special election, Bilbray won 60,319 votes. Forward-center Chris Wilcox has displayed flashes of the potential that prompted the Clippers to select him with the eighth overall pick in the 2002 draft.And that's the problem.The 6-foot-10, 235-pound Wilcox has not developed as the team envisioned, and he's off to another slow start.Wilcox had only one rebound in seven minutes and didn't play in the second half of Sunday's 113-101 victory against the Golden State Warriors. They were aided by helicopters and air tankers during the day, and moderate, northeast winds that pushed the fire away from the town by nightfall."If we get any dramatic winds tonight, it could kick up some hot spots," Peters said "But if the winds stay calm ... Next week, he will conclude the cycle with the Fourth and Second.At least one listener, however, would have liked a little more madness and passion, more individual voice from conductor and players -- in short, more of an old-fashioned romantic approach to the works. WASHINGTON A 13-year-old home-schooled youth from Minnesota won the 2005 National Geographic Bee on Wednesday.Nathaniel Cornelius topped young people from across the nation to win a $25,000 college scholarship.The winning question: "Lake Gatun, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal system, was created by damming which river?"The answer: Chagres River.Cornelius, of Cottonwood, represented the Marshall Area Home Educators Assn.In addition to knowing his way around, he plays piano and classical guitar and enjoys photography.Runner-up was Karan Takhar, 14, an eighth-grader at Gordon School in East Providence, R.I., who received a $15,000 college scholarship.Third place and a $10,000 scholarship went to Samuel Brandt, an eighth-grade student at Roosevelt Middle School in Eugene, Ore..

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