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...renewed confidence and assertiveness of Catholic Democrats that may have gotten Biden in trouble. During a September 7 appearance on Meet the Press, moderator Tom Brokaw asked Biden to answer the question "When does life begin?" From a Catholic standpoint, the Democratic candidate started off well, telling Brokaw, "As a Roman Catholic, I'm prepared to accept the teachings of my church - I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception...
...contest to a count of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of administering and furnishing narcotics to Belushi. Instead of a possible 25 years to life, she faces a maximum of eight years and eight months. Deputy District Attorney Elden Fox conceded that the accused ''honestly believes from a moral standpoint that she is not responsible for his death.'' Still, he will push for a three-year prison term. Said Fox: ''Cathy Smith is paying far less of a price for her participation (in drug abuse) than John Belushi...
...media and technology companies--giants like Microsoft and Google and hundreds of tiny start-ups. Victor Koo, a thirtysomething Internet pioneer, moved the headquarters of his company, Youku, China's most popular YouTube equivalent, to the area in April. "You have to be here," Koo says. "From a recruiting standpoint alone, this is where everyone...
...state sponsor of terror list is a very political list," says Ferguson. "From a technical standpoint they should have been taken off that list a long time ago." Most important, the only significant result of taking the North off the list is that the U.S. is no longer required by law to block international lending to Pyongyang. The U.S. still can, if it likes, block that lending given the control it has over such loans at the World Bank and elsewhere. "If we learn 45 days from now that the North Koreans lied and cheated in their plutonium declaration," says...
...senior vice-president for social responsibility, is not simply about monitoring, but about collaborating with factory staff so that they too feel responsible for conditions on the factory floor. It's messier, costlier and longer-term than a quick audit - and it's potentially riskier from a p.r. standpoint. But this is CSR for grown-ups. "The world is a complicated place," says Impactt's Hurst. "Try putting that on a label...