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Baum said that the haphazard creation of federal aid programs, which has occurred through piecemeal legislative action since the 1950s, is responsible for the system’s convoluted structure...
...disgruntled, aging homocide detectives on the NYPD in the midst of a serial killer investigation. The movie kicks off hard and fast, introducing our protagonists as they fire guns at targets to the sensory assault of pounding guitar riffs and flashy credits. You would think it was an action film, right? Instead, the movie descends into a plodding suspense thriller with eerie pseudo-philosophical voiceovers, hints of love triangle, and stylish cuts from scene to scene, all while still managing to evade any morsel of complexity or implied action. Soon you realize that these movie legends are being paid millions...
...Gross, executive director of the Los Angeles-based Coalition for Economic Survival, says as many as 12,000 units in the city will have subsidy contracts expire by 2013, most within the Section 8 program. "This is a tidal wave of disaster headed our way, unless we take emergency action," says Gross. "Most of these buildings are in areas that have gentrified over the years. [The landlords] see the dollar signs and think they can get more money...
...action finally came in the form of Senator Hollis French, the Anchorage Democrat who is leading the investigation into whether Governor Sarah Palin abused the power of her office to get her little sister's ex-husband, state trooper Mike Wooten, fired by pressuring - and then dismissing - Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan. French has been the focal point of the McCain campaign's objections to the Troopergate investigation. They say French, as a Democrat, has a partisan ax to grind. And while the mostly Republican committee had voted unanimously to start the investigation before Palin was on the McCain...
...same time, Asian governments are beginning to independently take direct action to stabilize their reeling stock markets. China on Sept. 18 said it would waive government taxes on some share transactions to stimulate trading. Chinese government agencies are also trying to put a floor under the market by purchasing shares in publicly listed Chinese companies. Meanwhile, Taiwan's government indicated that a state-controlled fund would be willing to shore up Taiwan company stocks via share purchases...