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...popularity of Mills & Boon - they sell one book every three seconds in the U.K., which amounts to around 10.5 million per year - provides an opening to expand its fan base. They hope the series will arouse excitement among rugby moms who cart their children to and from practices, and perhaps introduce the sport to the uninitiated. "The beauty of rugby is that you have every shape and size of hunky man," says Jane Barron, licensing and marketing manager for the RFU. "And just think of the different positions!" Mills & Boon have happily jumped in bed with the RFU because, Hutton...
...requesting his extension, Fitzgerald seems to have handed Blagojevich lead attorney Edward Genson a good chunk of information to play with before April 7. Just how will Genson and his team defend the governor against the charge that he attempted to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat and other corruption allegations...
...team asked Holderman to remove Fitzgerald and his entire prosecution crew because of a purported violation of a pretrial publicity order. ("Meritless," said the prosecutors.) Genson has also loudly pushed his claim that the government's case is much ado about nothing. Sure, the governor was heard talking of selling Obama's seat to the highest bidder, talking of getting Chicago Tribune editorialists fired for being too harsh on his administration and talking about trying to put the squeeze on a children's hospital and on the Tribune, which was looking to sell the Cubs with state help. But does...
...rescues the two-story property from ignoble obscurity. It has been operating as a "love motel" catering to amorous couples looking to rent a room for an hour for a romantic tryst. Last year, the home's owner, Chinese real estate tycoon and philanthropist Yu Panglin, announced plans to sell it for up to $13 million so he could donate the proceeds to victims of the Sichuan earthquake. But that caused an uproar among Bruce Lee fans, who feared a new owner would bring in the wrecking balls...
...snowball effect over the course of 30 years. Add these to California's extremely high home-foreclosure rate and a global recession (approximately 1 in 4 jobs in the state has international-trade ties), and the deficit quickly adds up. In the past, the state would borrow or sell bonds to bridge the gap, but with the current credit crunch, few investors are willing to offer assistance...