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...Ironically, Wertheimer and a group of other public-interest lobbyists made a push in 2007 to bar former members of Congress, like Daschle, from participating in the non-lobbying coordination of lobbying efforts for a preset "cooling-off period" of two years. The chief sponsor of that effort happened to be Senator Obama. "Obama was the one who really became excited about the whole idea," says Craig Holman, a lobbyist for Public Citizen, a group that helped write the bill. "We lost that on the House side, initially. It was largely the committee chairmen who didn't want that...
...dimly lit corner of a Paris bar a delighted young divorcée describes in a soft voice how she spent the day throwing snowballs for the first time in her life. That is not remarkable. This is: Nujood Ali is just 10 years old - and was, until recently, the youngest known divorced person in the world...
...Police Department officers and resisted arrest. Charles C. Simpkins, a third-year law student has been charged with two counts, including disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to Jake Wark, press secretary for the Suffolk County District Attorney. According to the police report, Simpkins drunkenly stumbled out of a bar in Boston’s Theater District and entered a parked BPD cruiser. Simpkins told officers, “Give me a (expletive) ride, I work for the district attorney’s office,” later adding that he would be willing...
...years and more than 26 sudden deaths were reported by the South Australian ambulance service. At one point the mercury tipped 114 Fahrenheit (45.7 C.). The night brought little respite with temperatures dropping to 93 F. (33.9 C.)?the hottest night in the city on record. (Raising the Bar on Fighting Climate Change...
...lone Harvard showing in the weight throw competition, launching the weight 12.55 meters to place eighth.On the men’s side, freshman Nico Weiler, who wasted no time proving himself by winning the pole vault event in December’s Husky Invitational, cleared the 4.80-meter bar on Saturday to capture first place in the event and earn himself an IC4A qualifier.“Nico is obviously a pretty special talent,” Saretsky said of Weiler, who came to Harvard having already competed on the international stage. “His work ethic...