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...people with essential information who are afraid to go public, sometimes out of fear of losing their jobs. (At present, TIME is defending in the courts the refusal of its correspondent Matthew Cooper to disclose one of his sources to a federal grand jury.) But many in the media, amid periodic waves of criticism, are re-examining how often to use unnamed sources. Some publications now are more aggressive about getting sources to agree to be identified. After the fall of USA Today's Kelley, who had fabricated quotes, people and whole scenes, the paper adopted more stringent guidelines...
...against a street-smart ward politico who happens to be his father-in-law. The simmering feud between Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his wife's father, Chicago alderman Dick Mell, reached a boiling point last week. In a press conference, the Governor lashed out at his in-law amid reports that a grand jury is investigating allegations by Mell that Blagojevich's administration traded jobs for campaign contributions. Blagojevich denied the charges and asserted that the investigation was started only because he had the "testicular virility" to launch a probe of his father-in-law's alleged misdeeds...
...Although the anniversary comes amid recent surges in Japanese nationalism and intense debate over reforming the country's pacifist constitution, it won't be celebrated nationally, implying Japan is far from embracing its militaristic past. Most Japanese draw a blank on the date; the victory over Russia is far overshadowed by the suffering and shame of World...
...Actress prize.) And when the creator of the most successful series in movie history says he'd like to show the final episode in Cannes, the festival gives him the key to its heart. The bustling pace and dazzle of Revenge of the Sith might make it an anomaly amid the no-tech, paint-drying minimalism of the international art-film brigade. In other respects, Lucas' film was right in step with the tendencies of the most prominent movies here. If we see the Star Wars sextet as a single epic, then surely it is the saga of Darth Vader...
...Amid a sea of ballgowns and suits, eight Asian seniors were honored for their accomplishments last night in the first large-scale collaborative effort between all of the Asian organizations on campus...