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DIED. KIRBY PUCKETT, 45, Hall of Fame outfielder who led the Minnesota Twins to World Series titles in 1991 and 1994; of a stroke; in Phoenix, Ariz. Before Game 6 of the 1991 Series, he famously told team-mates, "Tonight I'm drivin' the bus, boys," then hit two homers to force a Game 7--which the Twins won to capture the title...
...Begala only said that he would back a certain female senator in the 2008 presidential race. But he eventually proclaimed, “I’m for Hillary.” An early front-runner for the Republican nomination in ’08, Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., will be a far more conservative candidate than many expect, according to Begala. “He’s gonna be unrecognizable,” said Begala. “Watch this, he is moving so far to the right.” He noted McCain?...
DIED. ARCHBISHOP PAUL MARCINKUS, 84, scrappy Chicago priest who rose to head the Vatican Bank and retired after being connected to one of the biggest financial scandals in Italian history; in Sun City, Ariz. Following the looting of $1.3 billion from another Italian bank, in which the Vatican held a major share, Marcinkus faced charges as an accessory to the crime. Though the Holy See would not permit his arrest--and he and the Vatican maintained his innocence--it paid $250 million as a "goodwill settlement" of the case...
...proselytizing and ACT's solid early performance in journals has created ACT votaries in at least 18 countries. Hayes expects 400 at ACT's London conference in July. (There are ACT therapists in most states; they are listed at contextualpsychology.org. ACT is being used in a Tucson, Ariz., clinic, a Jefferson City, Mo., prison and an anger-management program in Minneapolis, Minn. A therapist in Spain has used it successfully to treat a 30-year-old with erectile dysfunction; a therapist in England has used ACT with a stalker...
...John McCain, R-Ariz., also told the Times that he was unaware that Bernanke’s hearings had been completed...