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...ready enough, evidently. On Nov. 25, Downey was arrested at a luxury resort in Palm Springs, Calif., charged with possession of cocaine and speed and with violating the terms of his August parole. Against all logic and common sense, he had played with the same fire that had repeatedly burned him in the past--and this time his career could be put on hold indefinitely...
...Rican capital, San Jose. For $83,000 they bought a four-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath, two-garage house--with a terrace and servants' quarters--surrounded by gardens that bloom year round in the region's springlike climate (average temperature: 72[degrees]F). Nearby is the Cariari Country Club, an exclusive resort with an 18-hole golf course, spa and swimming pool. Further afield lie the wilds for which the country is famous: more than a quarter of Costa Rica's territory--which includes everything from cloud forests and tropical beaches to mountains and volcanic craters--is protected. A word of advice...
...mucking and muddying of Florida law produced by the Bush and Gore camps' dealings with the Florida Supreme Court, one institution stubbornly remains: the hand counts themselves. They reside in the laws of Florida, Texas, Illinois and lots of other states, and are generally accepted as a last resort when elections get too close to call. To a national court mindful on both its left and right flanks of "clouds" over this national election (Scalia himself defended the stay's ability to produce "the public acceptance democratic stability requires"), hand counts themselves may be hard to dismiss...
...that occurred in another country," said Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, "people would be taking the floor of the Senate and bemoaning thuggism." Klain called it a "crystallizing moment: the idea that the Republicans, having been rejected by the courts in their efforts to shut down the hand counts, would resort to these sorts of tactics to stop the counting of ballots. It made it really clear to our supporters around the country what we're fighting for here...
...disturbing that you had to resort to a picture of a dead child to show the sad state of child protection and foster care in the U.S. But the unfortunate reality in Canada, as in the U.S., is that the child-protection system is in crisis. The problems are complex, the safeguards almost nonexistent, and, despite a number of dedicated individuals, children continue to die in horrifying circumstances. What will it take to stop the tragic death of youngsters who were brutally tortured and murdered by their so-called caregivers? I applaud the social workers who are trying to make...