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...former Duke University economics professor, Naylor heads up the Second Vermont Republic, which he describes as "left-libertarian, anti-big government, anti-empire, antiwar, with small is beautiful as our guiding philosophy." The group not only advocates the peaceful secession of Vermont but has minted its own silver "token" - valued at $25 - and, as part of a publishing venture with another secessionist group, runs a monthly newspaper called Vermont Commons, with a circulation of 10,000. According to a 2007 poll, they have support from at least 13% of state voters. The campaign slogan, Naylor told me, is "Imagine Free...
...think the politicians have been listening," says Jerry Licata, a 61-year-old retiree who left New York for Phoenix 37 years ago. "The taxpayers have not been vocal enough before. They are just spending our money." Licata attended the Tea Party rally in Phoenix on April 15 and knew the cause was the right one for him. "That was it for me," says Licata as an 18-wheel Fed Ex truck sounds a loud horn in support of the Tea Party group. "I want the politicians to represent the people and not the special-interest lobbying groups," Hoelscher says...
Those copyrights pass to his estate, say lawyers, and Salinger may have left detailed directions about how to proceed. If his extraordinarily private style held true in his will-making, would-be adapters of the Salinger oeuvre are out of luck. "If he says that he doesn't want a revised work, or a secondary work or a derivative work, or he doesn't want anything related to Catcher in the Rye licensed, then whoever is managing his estate would be bound by that, " says Jon Tandler, a publishing lawyer in Denver. "He can say, 'Thou shall not create...
Warner walked away at the right time. Though he hasn't implied that injuries drove his decision to retire - Warner will stop playing with a year left on a $23 million contract - he is no doubt thinking about his long-term health. In December, Warner, who has suffered five concussions in his career, held himself out of a game because his head still felt foggy from a prior hit. Football brain injuries are receiving unprecedented attention right now, and Warner set an important example for millions of kids playing the sport. That's no surprise. Since those days chucking candy...
...last year, 22 of the panel witnesses have reported being harassed, according to Ken Wafula, director of the Center for Human Rights and Democracy. In early January, the Nairobi Star newspaper reports, men driving a Toyota Prado left an envelope with 3,000 shillings for one witness. The note said he should use the money to buy his own coffin. Another report said that police - many of whom have also been implicated in the violence - killed a man when he would not reveal the location of his cousin, who had testified before the panel. (See pictures of Kenya's post...