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...administrator Hinson resigned his position in November 1996, and Transportation Secretary Pena has since become Energy Secretary. The job of Inspector General has remained unfilled for more that eight months, and for the time being that office is keeping a lower profile...
...Eight months later, with Perugia enveloped in a typically hot summer, Knox still sits in jail on the outskirts of the city. An Italian prosecutor this week requested the formal indictments of Knox, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, and Ivory Coast citizen Rudy Hermann Guede for the murder of Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old Leeds University student. All three suspects have denied any involvement in the murder...
...summit in the Japanese resort town of Toyako, President George W. Bush proudly presented a pledge by the group's eight member nations to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions at least 50% by 2050. For a President who came into office publicly doubting climate change and has repeatedly refused to set specific limits on carbon emissions, the G-8 statement was a personal step forward...
...next year's summit, the U.S. will have a new and more environmental President, and the ground is set for substantial negotiations. But we won't get back eight lost years of White House indifference and interference on climate. It's too late for Bush to reverse that now. We can only hope it's not too late for the rest...
...McCain quickly launched into the ways his own presidency would differ from that of the last eight years, starting with his pledge to cut spending and balance the budget by 2013. He has yet, however, to back up that bold promise with the details of just of how he plans to accomplish it. And economists are skeptical that he can, especially if he also stays true to his commitment to extend the tax cuts that were George Bush's signature economic achievement...