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Sarath Fonseka was a brilliant general, but the faculties that brought him victory over Tamil separatists in the country's 26-year civil war deserted him in politics. By standing in January's presidential election as the head of a motley coalition that included Marxists, Muslims and vanquished Tamils, Fonseka intended to offer a legitimate challenge to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. All Fonseka did was outrage him. Now, the former general has been arrested on unspecified charges of conspiring against the government. Rajapaksa's administration is often accused of alleged abuses (including extrajudicial killings of Tamils and journalists...
...habit of leaping from the water to wallop unsuspecting fishermen--are threatening to take a bite out of the Great Lakes' $7 billion fishing industry. To reassure jittery local governments, the White House held an Asian-carp summit Feb. 8 and pledged $78.5 million to help keep the fish--brought to the U.S. in the '70s to rid catfish farms of algae...
Last year they concocted a wedding (of Bill to Ana the Slavic waitress; it lasted two days). This season they replaced a cast member (Bella Thorne took over from Jolean Wejbe, who had played Tina, Bill and first wife Barb's youngest child Tancy) and brought a new kid into town (Cara Lynn, the long-lost daughter of Bill's second wife Nicki). Some of these plot tweaks can be waved away because Big Love has a narrative more hurtling and congested than any series I know; it makes Mad Men's plotting seem staid by comparison ... But Olsen...
Though two free throws by Webster brought his team within seven points at the 5:09 mark, Cornell immediately fired back with a jumper by tri-captain center Jeff Foote and a three by Wittman to keep the Crimson at bay for good...
...annual Conservative Political Action Conference has always had a large youth contingent, but this year's 10,000-person gathering is more than half students. "Road trip!" is a common explanation for what brought them to CPAC. But more and more young attendees - who pay just $25 for a three-day pass, vs. $175 for adults - are highly articulate conservatives running their school or state Young Republican chapters. "We've seen a huge uptick in membership in the last year," says Zach Howell, national chairman of the College Republicans. Just because they're conservative, though, doesn't mean they...