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...sweetheart loan offer as well as the indictment of yet another of his fund raisers, David D'Amiano. (D'Amiano has pleaded not guilty to charges of influence peddling.) The Governor said of Kushner last week, "I just pray for him and his family." But if McGreevey doesn't begin to follow through on promises to clean up New Jersey politics, he may be praying for a new job. --With reporting by Charlotte Faltermayer/Newark
...They begin with Patrick, a longtime confidant of Stewart's. A former McKinsey consultant, she helped Stewart craft a multimedia lifestyle conglomerate out of her cookbooks, television specials and endorsement deals. Patrick stood by her side when Stewart rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 19, 1999, the day the company went public. At its peak, the stock reached nearly $40 a share, but it has dipped close to $5 since news of Stewart's sale of ImClone, a biotech-company stock, surfaced in June 2002. That sale triggered a federal investigation and her subsequent...
...diagonal." The Trade Center towers fell because intense fires eventually melted their interior steel. But their structural systems permitted both towers to remain standing after the initial impact of massive jetliners. So for the new 52-story headquarters of the New York Times, the construction of which will soon begin in Manhattan, the architect Renzo Piano agreed to reinforce the connections joining columns on lower floors to support structures above called outrigger trusses. If a blast severs the columns, the floors above could still hang from the trusses...
...exchange for their surrender and cooperation. The deal was devised to reel in lower-level militants in hopes of isolating their hard-core leaders. It was also a canny political move. It enables King Fahd to point to the grace period he offered Saudi militants before his security forces begin a promised crackdown...
...piercing bullets, requiring background checks at gun shows and regulating gun sales over the Internet. "John Kerry hasn't fought for gun owners' rights once in 25 years," asserts N.R.A. executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, who says the group will attack Kerry's record in TV spots that will begin airing this week in Washington and other large markets. The tag line: "How can you keep a straight face and talk out of both sides of your mouth?" The N.R.A.'s first print ads are scheduled for a special edition of the National Journal, to be circulated at the Democratic...