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...Police Commissioner Ian Blair resign. "We never believed the English police," Menezes' 17-year-old cousin Leide told Time by phone from the small Brazilian town of Gonzaga. "We always knew he never ran. The British police say they are so efficient. But what kind of efficiency is this?" Amid claims from the family of a police cover-up - vigorously denied by Blair - Brazilian investigators prepared to fly to London for talks about the case with their British counterparts. Blair continues to defend the integrity of his force, and with the risk of more attacks still real, the British public...
...Amid suspicions of a government cover-up, bloggers seized on documents leaked last week from an investigation into how London police came to shoot an innocent Brazilian seven times in the head a day after the attempted bombings on July 21. Contrary to initial accounts, Jean Charles de Menezes did not appear to have worn a bulky jacket or vaulted a turnstile. "We figured the police lied from Day One," crowed WIS[S]E WORDS. But a former British army officer pointed out on the CABARFEIDH pages that the police had said "very little regarding the entire horrific episode." That...
...school dramedy that died after one glorious season. In 2001 he created the more upbeat sitcom Undeclared, set at a fictional California college, and ... it died after one glorious season. Undeclared covered familiar campus-comedy ground (sex, beer, pranks) but had an intuition for the self-discovery that emerges amid finals and keg parties, and the ensemble gave the dialogue a loose, improv feel. Fleshed out with commentaries (and an unaired episode), this four-disc set is a graduate seminar in smart comedy...
...they are being ordered to abandon that life by the same Israeli leaders who had made settling the occupied territories an article of faith. For those like the Hilburgs, it's not just about policy: Bryna is afraid the deep personal anguish of the settlers will be lost amid the roar of political conflict. Their new lives are only now being designed by a government agency, leaving them bewildered and anxious about what the future will hold. To start over when you choose is one thing, says Bryna. "But when they tell you you're redundant, they don't need...
Harper, who resigned from the Harvard Corporation last month amid bitter disagreements with his fellow trustees, was the only African American ever to serve on the seven-member board since its inception in 1650. Those close to the search said the University was intent on selecting a black alum to replace...