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...Haas also revealed new information at the press conference today, noting that Gates' home had previously been broken into, before the arrest, while the professor was away. He said that he was not exactly sure when the break-in took place, and that it had been investigated by Harvard University Police Department...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Police Commissioner Defends Officer but Will Assemble Panel To Review Gates' Arrest | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...sigh, fighting the urge to once again spell out V-I-D-Y-A when I call and introduce myself as a reporter. “Okay, Bibyc, I’ll call back in an hour,” responds the voice in laborious broken English...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan | Title: Sometimes I Stare, Sometimes I’m Stared At | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...right now, he's a poster person for somebody who has gained monetarily by breaking the law - and is going to continue to victimize taxpayers by being in prison for the rest of his life and getting three square meals a day. There are enough wealthy people who have broken the law and can afford to pay for it. We spend $1 billion a year to incarcerate individuals in New York. We have drug dealers who are probably going to leave after a sentence of 2 to 5 years and go back to millions of dollars they've made illegally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Prisoners Pay — Literally | 7/22/2009 | See Source »

...reminding people that the system is broken is only part of the challenge. It would help, lawmakers are saying more frequently in private, if the President would be clearer about how he wants to fix the problem. His strategy of keeping his distance from the legislative machinery while only saying that any final product must meet certain broad principles means that Representatives and Senators have no clue as to what kind of bill he would accept in the end - and what they should be trying to sell to their constituents. Who will be taxed to help pay for an initiative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Health-Care Push: Congress Says It's About Time | 7/22/2009 | See Source »

...fault, and his firing is an unfortunate part of how the game is played. If they are serious about competing, the Nationals need to focus on making changes, on the field and in the mindset of their front office, that will fix what’s actually broken...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: Managing Expectations | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

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