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...Megrahi was freed after serving only eight years of a life sentence for 270 counts of murder. U.S. officials had pleaded with Britain and Scottish officials in recent weeks to block his release, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that she was bitterly disappointed that he had been freed. There was also strong criticism from family members of some of the victims; 259 passengers were killed when a bomb exploded mid-air aboard the doomed aircraft over Lockerbie, Scotland, and 11 others who were on the ground died from falling debris. (Read: "Re-Opening the Lockerbie Tragedy...
...final club scene, Thursdays and Saturdays are almost always good nights to go out. Fridays can be questionable but are the perfect time to scoot on over to an MIT frat party. (Yes, we know what you’re thinking, but somehow MIT has lively Greek life and block parties.) And Monday nights at Uno’s are usually good for karaoke, especially for freshmen...
...SUVs The AARP represents about 40 million seniors, making it one of the largest special interest groups in the nation. But it has been pushing back hard against opponents of health reform with a series of ads that depict foes as malicious, shadowy "special interests" maneuvering black SUVs to block the path of an ambulance. "We won't stand idle when opponents of health care reform attempt to scare or mislead the American people," says AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond in the voiceover. (Watch the AARP commercial...
...about a dozen people carried guns a block away from the Phoenix convention center where President Obama was speaking, including one man with an AR-15 assault rifle slung over his shoulder. The neatly dressed man carrying the AR-15 - who also had a holstered pistol on his hip - identified himself to a reporter from the Arizona Republic only as Chris as he argued with supporters of Obama's health-reform efforts. Asked why he had brought the guns to the gathering, he answered, "Because I can do it. In Arizona, I still have some freedoms left...
...policies removed from political pressures - did not fare well under the conservative CBO scoring system either. The only proposal that really impressed the CBO was the so-called public option, which would pressure private insurers to cut costs to compete with government coverage, but is now on the chopping block thanks to political pressure from Republicans and centrist Democrats...