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...lawyer and ex-college football captain first came under fire in 2003, when two former police officers filed a civil lawsuit claiming they were fired for investigating reports of misconduct by two of Kilpatrick's former bodyguards. During the court proceedings, one of the officers revealed Kilpatrick's affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, a childhood friend who had assisted his successful 1996 run for a seat in Michigan's House of Representatives. (His mother, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, vacated the seat to run for national office; she is now a U.S. representative and chairwoman of the Congressional Black...
...today Ma and his program are coming under increasing fire. On Oct. 25, hundreds of thousands protested against closer China ties at a Taipei rally organized by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Last week, a Chinese official, Zhang Mingqing, fell to the ground as another mob of angry protesters pushed and shoved around him during his visit to a temple in the city of Tainan. The protesters specifically targeted Zhang, who, as vice-chairman of the Chinese organization responsible for cross-strait relations, was seen as a symbol of China's sway over Taiwan. Meanwhile, Ma has watched...
...economic and trust decisions is stimulated by cold sensation. Conversely, if you are planning on introducing your fiancee to mom and dad, pass on the icy martinis in that air-conditioned, glass and steel restaurant; do it over a mug of hot chocolate in front of a roaring fire...
...cite some numbers, Cambridge would lose 86 percent of its state aid for education under Question 1. To reach the $12.5 billion mandate, Massachusetts would have to fire every state employee—and then cut $7.2 billion more. Question 1 supporters tell the undecided that the measure’s opponents are “indirectly funded by your tax dollars.” They’re right. Everyone in Massachusetts is indirectly funded by tax dollars—when they mail a letter, borrow books from the library, or visit a nearby state park...
...terms of things that John McCain could do to get elected President: One is fire Palin. Two would be to do much as he's doing: concentrate on one state, like Pennsylvania, and try to pull it out of the Democratic column, although I think that's very hard to do. Three would be to lay out an economic plan that sounded like a Democratic economic plan instead of a Republican economic plan, that ran to the left of Obama on economics...