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...controversy has been long brewing. Barry Bonds will surely overtake Hank Aaron's cherished record of 755 career home runs, but he can't shake the suspicion that he's used anabolic steroids to juice up his game. Commissioner Bud Selig, a close friend of Aaron's, has glumly agreed to sit in the stands at Bonds' games. Selig's secret wish: that Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees star with a clean rep and 498 homers, could miraculously hit 258 more before Bonds gets his three...
...design hybrid plants that would eventually take the place of invasive species. The company already sells hybrids that flower longer and smaller (to accommodate cramped outdoor spaces) and have richer color, but it hopes to create new breeds engineered for sterility that way, the garden blooms won't bud anywhere but in your backyard...
...Crime statistics reveal that in one four-month period in 2005, KBZ were responsible for almost 10% of crimes for the Counties Manukau East. One member has committed more than 100 burglaries. Two youth gangs known as Troublesome and the Bud Smoking Thugs are feeder gangs to The Killer Beez. Then there are the charmingly named "Motherf_____ Ruthless C___s," or MRCs. "The MRCs are known to the people in the area as bullies who use standover tactics to get money. They are also big on threatening people, snatching handbags and doing burglaries," says the intelligence report...
...simply part of a long, steady stream of moves designed to keep the pressure on Gonzales. This week the Senate Judiciary committee issued subpoenas for two key White House officials as part of that effort. The subpoenas aim to pry more information on the firing of former U.S. Attorney Bud Cummins in Missouri and his replacement by Tim Griffin, a long-time operative for Karl Rove...
Consider the case of Bud Carson Middle School in Hawthorne, Calif. In 2005 the school, which is 92% Latino and black, pulled out the stops to reverse its failing record and hit 20 out of its 21 AYP goals, lifting scores for blacks, Hispanics and special-ed students; closing achievement gaps; and raising attendance. Nonetheless, the school remained on the "needs improvement" list that year because it narrowly missed the reading-score goal for its English-language learners. (Happily, it made AYP a year later...