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Philadelphia Eagles wide reciever Terrell Owens and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, stepped in front of a battery of cameras last week, intent on repairing the player's shattered relationship with his team. "I'm a fighter. I've always been, and I'll always be," said Owens. "I fight for what I think is right. In doing so, I alienated a lot of my fans and my teammates." Owens, arguably the best receiver in football, had spent much of the season attacking the play of the Eagles' star quarterback, Donovan McNabb, and dissing management for refusing to redo the seven...
...electrical systems, and is now helping local government officials establish and manage utilities, tax-collection, clinics and other public services. A reservist who works as a veterinarian back home is helping local herdsmen get their livestock vaccinated, and a farmer-soldier has become something like a county agricultural agent, advising on irrigation and cultivation methods...
...Born in Taiwan, Ho was raised by a mother who shamed her family by taking a job as an insurance agent while Ho's father attended school. Hauling Ho and her brother on a moped to make sales calls, Ho's mother became the top agent-but quit her career to join her husband in Chicago. She encouraged her gifted daughter but chided her never to boast of her accomplishments. Ho entered the corporate world an unwitting embodiment of stereotypical Asian female behavior-"diminutive, submissive, that whole geisha thing you get tagged with...
...Thunder, Lighting, Strike!” released on the small-scale label Memphis Industries. In a hurried three weeks, “Thunder, Lighting, Strike!” transformed from a whiz-kid’s solo project to a full-band spectacle. When a booking agent arranged for The Go! Team to open for Franz Ferdinand in Sweden, Parton pulled together the current group by placing online ads and by bringing in friends and friends-of-friends. The icing went on the cake when the 22-year-old London rapper/singer known as Ninja fortuitously responded...
...indictment of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is further evidence of the soundness of the legal process.Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s top aide, resigned Friday after a federal grand jury indicted him on five charges related to the leaked identity of CIA Agent Valerie Plame. The charges include one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and two counts of making false statements. The indictment comes soon after the arrest of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who was charged with conspiracy to violate state election laws and money laundering, felony counts...