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While Butler is fortunate to be able to return to the sport she loves after a brief respite, junior football standout Matt Leiszler isn’t so lucky...
...Since September 11, Pickard has joined Mueller every morning at dawn as the director prepares to brief Attorney General John Ashcroft and President Bush. For the rest of the day and into the evening, Pickard presides over the FBI's Special Investigations and Operations Center, the crisis command center staffed by representatives of the bureau and 32 other federal agencies...
Following a brief spike in the oil markets after Sept. 11, the benchmark price of Brent crude has slipped from around $29 per bbl. to between $21 and $23. Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading source of industry analysis, is forecasting a fourth-quarter average price of $23.75. The reason is simple. Even before Sept. 11, the global economy was entering a recession. That recession is now likely to be deeper, though not necessarily longer, as nervous consumers and business executives put off discretionary spending. The impact of a global downturn on the demand for energy "is the dominant factor...
Some have gone even further. Before the meeting of the European Council in Ghent, Britain?s Tony Blair, Germany?s Gerhard Schröder and France?s Jacques Chirac took advantage of the summit?s medieval venue, St. Peter?s Abbey, to hold a brief gathering of their own. This side meeting was held at Chirac?s initiative, and, not incidentally, it was consistent with his efforts to appear vigorous and statesmanlike in the run-up to next year?s French presidential elections. The "big three" were getting together as E.U. countries that have promised - and in the case...
...legislator would agree to the elimination of her or his district,” he said, adding that in a brief conversation with Balser, long before any redistricting maps were released, he discussed having his district changed “by a precinct...