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...difficult here. We knew it would be difficult to get points." While Prada suffered, Alinghi Challenge benefited from some shrewd recruiting. Bertarelli's millions allowed the team to poach Coutts, who had skippered the winning New Zealand boat in 1995 and 2000, as well as his tactician, Brad Butterworth. The investment has made Alinghi a favorite to win the elimination rounds and challenge New Zealand for the Auld Mug, as the America's Cup is known. The scramble to sign up the best crew and sailing technocrats has given each team a multinational cast, which should hardly be surprising...
...Investigators in Florida, which is leading the inquiry on behalf of all 50 state attorneys general, believe that Ford and Firestone share blame. Says attorney general Bob Butterworth: "If they already knew they had these problems, why did they put an inferior tire on this vehicle? The problem you have here is lawyers and the marketing department overruled the safety recommendations of engineers...
Although Ford was applauded for the speed and candor of its initial response, the attorneys general of all 50 states agreed last fall to investigate Ford and Firestone to determine whether they may have committed consumer fraud under racketeering statutes. According to the office of Florida attorney general Bob Butterworth, those probes have been gaining momentum...
...wasn't entertaining. At least once a day, Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris modeled something from Chanel or Mrs. Howell's Gilligan's Island collection. Harris, a supporter of Governor George W. Bush, would issue a totally nonpoliticized ruling favoring Bush, and then Florida attorney general Bob Butterworth, who chaired Vice President Al Gore's state campaign, would issue a totally nonpoliticized response favoring Gore...
...Broward and Palm Beach counties ask the Florida Supreme Court if they can legally proceed with hand counts. Harris had ordered the counties not to; state attorney general Bob Butterworth (a Democrat) had advised the opposite...