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Once Cheney was Bush's choice, there was no one to vet the vetter. Even if there had been, the bond had grown so strong Bush would not have wanted to see that Cheney's record lacks the compassion Bush spent a year trying to cement to the word conservative. Like the mild-mannered, nice guy he is, Cheney smiled when he voted against calling for Nelson Mandela's release from prison and in favor of cop-killer bullets, against $1 billion for Head Start but for a $870 billion tax cut. Until his record was parsed this week...
...HUPD officer stood by an unsecured equipment storage area until a Bond Brothers employee responded and secured...
...question for the defendants is how much money they will have to put up during the appeals process. Typically, the loser must post the full amount of the award while the case is under appeal. The Florida legislature passed a law this year capping the size of the appeal bond that each tobacco company must post at $100 million--a law the plaintiffs are challenging. If the cap is removed, the tobacco companies could conceivably be forced to file for bankruptcy, which would disrupt this case as well as the $209 billion settlement with the states, part of which goes...
...MOTHER IS WATCHING It's like James Bond meets Mommie Dearest. This summer families visiting Colorado's Hyland Hills Water World can rent watchlike gadgets ($3 a day) that track each family member's movements anywhere in the park. The watches send out regular signals that are picked up by 14 sensors located throughout the park. A central computer triangulates the wearer's exact location, which is then displayed on a map at special kiosks. From now on, "Stay off the roller coaster" really means "Stay off the roller coaster...
Pregracke is a blue-eyed Midwestern patriot who flies a pair of large flags from one of his barges: Old Glory and a black banner reading THANKS VETERANS FOR OUR FREEDOM. Though he hasn't experienced combat, he feels a mystical bond to fighting men that he says he can't explain but that fills him with gratitude when the going gets tough. "When it's really hot and the mosquitoes are tearing you up, I just think, 'At least I'm not getting shot at. At least I'm not getting my head blown off," he says...