There was some muttering in the ranks when the battalion commander scheduled a dress ball for 9/11. After all, this was one of the last weekends before the men of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Infantry Regiment wrench themselves away from wives and babies and girl friends, and with heavy packs and body armor [...]
Even though a June raid of Catholic Church offices in Belgium has been ruled illegal, the government says an investigation of a sex abuse scandal involving priests can go forward. At the same time, an independent Belgian commission looking into charges of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of [...]
It’s sobering to show the end result of three-martini lunches followed by afternoon belts of Scotch from the bottle in the office drawer. But this mad fan of “Mad Men” was still a bit shocked to see (and hear) the increasingly dissolute Don Draper on his knees head down in a toilet bowl. After pulling [...]
Former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has been demanding a trial on his money-laundering indictment since 2005, and on Tuesday a Texas judge granted his wish. At a pre-trial hearing in Austin, Senior Judge Pat Priest said the trial would go forward but he did not set a start date, The Associated Press reported. “I’ve been [...]
The primary battles for Florida’s GOP gubernatorial nomination and the Democratic nod for senator will be settled by voters on Tuesday, and the latest poll shows that the trends continue in favor of the two candidates who were the initial frontrunners before wealthy challengers shook up the races. Four-term Rep. Kendrick Meek leads billionaire Jeff [...]
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