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...Mary Jo Buttafuoco, a Long Island, N.Y., housewife, casually answered her door and unwittingly stepped into one of the most sensational crimes of the decade. Standing on her front porch, Mary Jo was shot in the face by Amy Fisher, her husband Joey's 17-year-old mistress. Fisher, quickly dubbed the "Long Island Lolita" by the New York tabloids, ended up serving nearly seven years in prison for reckless assault. Joey, a 36-year-old auto-bodyshop owner, went to jail for four months for statutory rape...
...Despite whatever opposition new benefits-tax proposals might face, it's unlikely health-reform legislation will emerge without them. The Senate Finance Committee - one of five in Congress that oversee health care and the only one that has not yet unveiled at least draft legislation - must include in its draft a plan to pay for reform. The three Democrats (led by Finance chairman Max Baucus of Montana) and three Republicans (led by Chuck Grassley of Iowa) trying to hammer out a bipartisan agreement behind closed doors have made some progress on reaching a consensus. In addition to scrapping a requirement...
Former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi is the public face of the opposition, but there are many others who are just as important, from former Presidents Mohammed Khatami and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to many grand ayatullahs in Qom, Iran's Vatican. Mousavi was chosen as spokesman for the opposition because of his impeccable revolutionary credentials. Even at the revolution's most militant violent and radical peak, Mousavi stood by Khomeini, never questioning his decisions. It was an office under Mousavi that coordinated a series of attacks against the U.S. in Lebanon, including an attack on the U.S. embassy...
...flashiness isn’t Joel’s game. Unlike the aristocratic Elton, whose immense individual skill outshines everything else in the stadium, Billy’s at his most entertaining when he’s featuring those around him. That Saturday, he left most of the face-melting solos to his talented band and made sure to get the crowd involved, rambling between songs like someone’s drunk uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. It’s easy to take Joel lightly, especially when he’s attacking bugs with a giant yellow fly swatter, putting...
...alcohol, sodas and other unhealthy beverages; rescinding the nonprofit status of hospitals that act like for-profit companies and no longer offer charity care; and deriving $100 billion from a windfall tax on insurers based on their U.S. market share. But many of these ideas are controversial and face significant opposition from members and Senators representing areas where local companies or hospitals might be adversely impacted...