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...believe that he witnessed two modern miracles. But for Lindh, 21--raised amid the mellow comforts of California's Marin County and charged with betraying his country--another miracle came to pass last week in a northern Virginia courtroom, where defense lawyers and federal prosecutors announced a plea bargain. The deal abruptly ended the case against Lindh, who pleaded guilty to charges of aiding the Taliban and possessing explosives; in exchange, the government dropped terrorism and conspiracy charges that could have brought him three life terms plus 90 years. Federal District Judge T.S. Ellis III must approve the deal, which...
...aside $11 million for marketing this year, one of the biggest corporate-marketing budgets in China. Higher-end product lines, created with the help of top sports-shoe designers Massimiliano Zago of Italy and Paviot Jean-Philippe of France, are being added to counteract the brand's bargain-bin tinge...
...remember. On the first day, my literature class spent fifteen minutes hiding before shuffling into chairs, with three feet between the girls’ and the boys’ desks. “Assigned seating next time,” I thought. But I didn’t bargain for one-on-one confrontations with my students who persistently refused to sit next to anyone of the opposite sex. It is my third week as a teacher at Summerbridge Cambridge, a tuition-free enrichment program for students from Cambridge public schools. Only now can I coax and cajole my class...
...still expensive relative to their expected earnings, and some pros still foresee a cathartic selling spree that will cause the last bulls to buckle. For anyone overloaded in stocks, it's not too late to sell. But don't overdo it. Even Warren Buffett, a technophobe but also a bargain hunter, just found value in at least one battered telecom: Level 3 Communications. Perhaps the biggest risk now, warns Scott Kahan, president of Financial Asset Management in New York City, is that "by hiding cash in the mattress, you miss the recovery. Start now, and plan with what you have...
...Strangely enough, Moussaoui had flip flopped: Two weeks ago he had professed his innocence in motions he filed in his own defense Moreover, judging from his words in court, the professed terrorist who'd chosen to defend himself suddenly appeared to be desperately seeking a plea bargain. Moussaoui may once have vowed to die for his cause and professed a loyalty oath to bin Laden, but on Thursday he declared his willingness to rat out bin Laden as a means of further postponing his journey into the next world...