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...TIGER WOODS' recent subpar game: the former No. 1 golfer, now ranked third, was busy playing wedding planner. Woods, 28, married his Swedish sweetie, ELIN NORDEGREN, 24, last week at a swank and secluded Barbados resort. As bridesmaids in seafoam green dresses and guests Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley looked on, the couple said, "I do," amid armed guards and thousands of roses. To start their honeymoon, the duo boarded a yacht called Privacy. We assume the Leave Us the Heck Alone cruiser was booked...
There are ways to rewrite your will or trust to defer that state tax, but you need to make sure that in doing so, your estate won't face a greater federal tax burden down the road. Portland, Ore., couple Betty and Les Barkley put a disclaimer in their will so that the surviving spouse could delay paying taxes by refusing to accept a portion of the estate. Another approach is to claim a special marital tax deduction. Giving away enough money to bring the taxable estate below the federal and state thresholds or moving to a state that...
...high-priority races. In Georgia, Saxby Chambliss coasted to an upset win over incumbent Max Cleland, while Norm Coleman came back to defeat Walter Mondale in Minnesota. As soon as the final returns came in, Lott accelerated his plans for assuming control. Early last week he began courting Dean Barkley, the Independent appointed to serve out the last two months of the late Democrat Paul Wellstone's term. If Lott can lure Barkley to vote with the Republicans, he would effectively wrest control of the lame-duck Senate away from Daschle--before the new Congress is seated in January...
...Instead, these next weeks will be a time of compromise. And packing. Even as they wrangle through lingering legislation, departing members of congress will be filling up boxes, labeling files and preparing their offices for incoming lawmakers. And one, Minnesota Independent Dean Barkley, won't even bother to unpack; he's there filling in for the late Paul Wellstone, and has dashed hopes on both sides of the aisle by declaring his intention "not to side with either party." His resolution will face tough challenges from the White House and leading Democrats, both eager to count him, however briefly, among...
...Later Thursday, Lott met with Berkley who had come to Washington for a round of visits. But by then, Daschle had caught up and met with Berkley as well. So far neither man has been able to bag him. Barkley will decide Tuesday the party he'll vote with on leadership issues...