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...hand him any papers. A U.S. soldier sat at the table with the lawyers during the duration of their visit. The two men had just two hours to prepare their client to answer questions he might be asked by the judge. "For reasons of security," TIME's request to visit the facility to confirm the account of the lawyers was refused by Task Force 134, which runs the prison, and by the U.S.-led Regime Crimes Liaison Office, which coordinates visits by defense lawyers...
Louisiana's recent request for $250 billion, perilously short on details, got a contemptuous reception from Republicans ("Nonstarter," said a Senate aide), editorial writers (who dubbed it the "Louisiana looters' bill") and even a few Democrats ("They're thieves," said a House aide involved with budgeting for Louisiana relief). Michael Olivier, Louisiana's secretary of economic development, points out that Katrina devastated a far larger area--23,000 acres--than 9/11 did and destroyed nearly 284,000 homes. With 71,000 businesses shut down by Katrina and a further 10,000 by Rita, and with local governments short...
Massachusetts has denied Harvard’s request to route trucks involved in the construction of its Cowperthwaite Street graduate dormitory along Memorial Drive, Cambridge’s city manager wrote in a letter released at yesterday’s City Council meeting. The decision means that trucks exiting the construction site will continue to travel up the mostly residential Banks Street in order to leave the area on Mount Auburn Street. Trucks headed for the Cowperthwaite site—across the street from Mather House—will still use DeWolfe Street, according to City Manager Robert W. Healy...
...officer from the Somerville Police Department received similar treatment when he went undercover to the salon. If convicted, Purdy’s four charges carry a maximum sentence of five years each. At Thursday’s hearing on two of the charges, a Middlesex assistant district attorney (DA) requested that the case be heard in front of a grand jury to determine if it will remain in the Cambridge District Court or if it will move to the Middlesex Superior Court. The DA requested a move to superior court because the district court only handles crimes that carry lesser...
...French ask newcomers to leave all cultural baggage at the borders,” he said. “But, this request doesn’t hold any water in the suburbs of Paris. Newly immigrated peoples are not able to jettison their religious and cultural identities...