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...judge's defenders argue that he has had a strong hand in many issues that have pleased the Republican base: the order setting up military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, the fight with Congress over releasing information about Dick Cheney's energy task force and ending the American Bar Association's role in rating potential judicial nominees. More important, they point out, he's not a legal activist but a strict constructionist--one of the sacred judicial tenets of conservatives. "He was ruling on the existing statute, not legislating," a conservative Washington lawyer says of the Texas abortion ruling...
Over the past year, steelworker Eugene (Lou) Costello has endured pay cuts of 15%, 10% and 12.8%, plunging his annual base pay from about $50,000 down to about $33,000. "I feel like a marathon runner who sees the finish line but when he gets close, his coach holds up a sign that says he has 25 more miles to go," says Costello, 61, who works for Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel in Mingo Junction, Ohio. "I'm going to have to work until I die." Costello chose to work in steel mills rather than the coal mines where his father...
Even workers who receive small boosts in their base pay often see those raises wiped out by cuts in health and retirement benefits. The biggest benefit rollbacks are in heavy industries like steel, in which many union contracts in the U.S. give foreign firms a 10%-to-20% edge in production costs, according to ISG's Ross. He says there is more health-care expense than steel expense embedded in the price of a typical car. In most countries, health-care costs are borne by taxpayers, and until the U.S. levels the playing field, perhaps with a "health-care surcharge...
...international soccer joined 18 other U.S. female stars in taking a pay cut--in her case a 29% drop, to $60,000--to keep the Women's United Soccer Association alive. Bob Knight did it out of shame. The Texas Tech basketball coach gave back his $250,000 base salary to pay penance for his team's disappointing 16-11 regular-season record. Yes, folks, even the money-charged world of big-time sports is getting into the salary-cutting game...
...stockpiled. When or if the camps materialize, their primary purpose is "to ensure the safety and well-being of civilians," foreign ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa told reporters. I spoke to villagers outside Lhokseumawe who were convinced they would soon be moved to a camp next to the nearest military base, where they feared they would be used as human shields against GAM attacks or brutalized by Indonesian troops...