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...Administration is starting to face some resistance in Congress about its plan to put General Motors (GM) into Chapter 11, using Treasury money to sustain the company as it works its way back to profitability. The government put another $4 billion into the car company on Friday. In the process of a government-supported bankruptcy, $27 billion in bondholder capital will probably become worthless, GM workers will be laid off and hundreds of dealers will be closed...
...that interfere with his adaptive programming. These include banging his head against solid surfaces, pinching himself and grabbing others," according to his 2004 California Department of Developmental Services individual program plan (IPP). Remarkably, that clinical language actually portrays Noah more favorably than the impression one would get from a face-to-face meeting. (See six tips for traveling with an autistic child...
...Dhabi A Royal Detained A brother of Abu Dhabi's ruler is being held after footage purportedly showing him torturing an Afghan merchant was leaked to ABC News. Sheik Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a real estate developer, is the first member of the emirate's ruling family to face a criminal investigation. The videotape prompted outrage among U.S. legislators and threatens to scuttle a civilian nuclear deal with the United Arab Emirates...
...marry within five years, says Alison Hatch, a grad student at the University of Colorado who is doing her dissertation on committed unmarrieds, a demographic to which she and her partner of six years belong. She and Coontz have found that many of them end up marrying because they face the same discrimination as gay couples regarding insurance, taxes and other legal issues. Having kids can also change things. David Letterman didn't say what prompted him in March to wed his partner of 23 years, who is also the mother of his 5-year-old son. I know that...
Grey, Brad •wife of signs papers finalizing divorce from with a smiley face...