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...reindeer. No doubt the producers of “Britain’s Got Talent” knew this when they decided to recast the age-old archetype on a modern stage like so many authors, playwrights, and bards before them. The fresh angle in Boyle’s case, though, is that this isn’t a puppet show Christmas special or a child’s folk tale—this is reality. As scripted and replete with emotional cues for obedient audience members as her journey has been, Boyle is still a real person with...
...could surpass 13 percent of GDP, the borrowing is hardly paying for a party. Ironically, with the Democrats in full control of the federal government for the first time in 14 years, the beast, while in no imminent danger of death by starvation, is gravely malnourished. This is the case because the beast has two components: the federal government, but also the many state and local governments. Only the former has a credit card. Aside from tax revenues, state and local governments survive on charity from the feds and very limited borrowing power from other sources...
Pitino has said the Boston experience got the wanderlust out of his system and that Louisville is where he wants to finish his career. But the bizarre extortion case seems to lend plausibility to the notion that he might want to go to a place where his personal business isn't such a hot topic. If not Sacramento, perhaps Philadelphia, which has a brand new opening that an East Coaster like Pitino might find more appealing. "Coach is a fighter," U. of L. sports information director Kenny Klein told TIME, "and he's proven that throughout his career. We have...
...extortion case has fueled wild speculation about Sypher's allegations. The complaint filed by the FBI does not list them, citing their "suspect" nature. And though Sypher has told her story to some Louisville media, thus far no outlet has published or broadcast them. She first went to WDRB-TV, a Fox affiliate, which interviewed her at length and also arranged a polygraph test that proved inconclusive. The station decided not to air the interview, news director Barry Fulmer told TIME, because so many of Sypher's charges are unsubstantiated. Sypher has also spoken to Louisville's Courier-Journal newspaper...
Scott C. Cox, a Louisville attorney and former U.S. prosecutor, told TIME it's unusual for a court filing not to recite allegations, but added that "it's not every day that we have an extortion case in the Western District of Kentucky. I think they're trying to be sensitive to the putative victim...