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...Pedroso, 38, protests that he's a victim of a wicked calumny. "I have never participated in any act of pedophilia or any similar act," he told a press conference shortly before his arrest, which came after parliament lifted his immunity at his own request. As Secretary of State for Labor and Training from 1999 to 2001, Pedroso was responsible for the Casa Pia homes, which care for some 4,600 children at 10 centers around Portugal. He is suspected of 15 cases of sexual violence against minors, which allegedly took place between 1999 and 2000. Ritto, 67, who retired...
Harvard’s form was due in February, but the University filed an extension request until...
...wanted to do Eminem for a long time because he's the closest thing we have to a superstar," says Yankovic. "But a lot of his songs are sort of tongue in cheek already. Lose Yourself was so serious that it was perfectly ripe." But at the request of the rapper, Potato won't come with an accompanying video. "Eminem thought that a video might detract from 8 Mile and people might not take him seriously." It's a problem Al has been battling all his life...
...meltdown of one of the country's top lenders has long been expected given Japan's chronic economic problems, and Resona's plight will only add to fears that the worst is yet to come. Curiously, however, the bank's bailout request may be something of a victory for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's much-maligned financial-services czar, Heizo Takenaka. A Harvard-trained economist, Takenaka took up his current post last fall, vowing to clean up the banking sector, but powerful politicians thwarted his initial reforms. Takenaka retreated, seemingly having made yet another false start in Japan's halfhearted...
Delaney-Smith is famed for being the only coach to lead a No. 16 seed to victory in an NCAA basketball tournament when Harvard beat Stanford in 1998. She gave a talk to the Harvard women’s tennis team on Monday at Graham’s request...