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...wrongdoing or Mafia ties, and has refused calls by opponents to forego his run for a second five-year term. During an interview at his storefront Palermo headquarters - with some 25 aides and supporters crammed into his office to look on - Cuffaro brushed off suggestions that he should pay closer attention to the company he keeps: "If I have the chance to shake the hand of every Sicilian, even with the risk of shaking the wrong hand, it's a risk I'm prepared to take." The perennial Mafia question is once again at the center of an election campaign...
...Principals have to be more concerned with security issues," says David Vodila, president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, who traces the rise in prom vigilance to Sept. 11 and the 1999 Columbine shootings. Some reasons cut closer to home. During prom season, nearly half of teen car-crash deaths are alcohol related, according to a recent study by Nationwide Insurance and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. And teacher sexual misconduct can also be a problem. A Tennessee high school set an age limit at the prom this year after a former teacher who had gone to prison...
...future. The couple signed no prenuptial agreement. McCartney's fortune, based on his part-ownership of Apple Corp., which owns the Beatles brand, as well as song royalties and his active touring career, is estimated at over $1.5 billion, and rising. "Over the years, the British courts have come closer to an equal division of assets" between divorcing couples, says Anthony Burton, a partner at solicitors Simons Muirhead & Burton in London. In this case, despite the relatively short (four-year) marriage and the fact that McCartney had accumulated most of his wealth before they wed, several factors point toward...
...LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE A feared IRA terrorist loses his cat. Mayhem ensues. In his latest take on the casual perversity of the rural Irish character, Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West) comes closer to self-parody than is probably advisable, as the body count (well, body-part count) exceeds that of all his other plays put together. Still, it's a bravura black comedy that shows off one of the most original and seductive voices in theater today...
...Tunit should help Adidas, some investors fear that getting a much larger shoe to fit could distract the company from pressing the advantage in soccer: its $3.8 billion purchase of Reebok, the struggling Canton, Mass., sporting-goods company. Although the merger helps Adidas gain market share and nudge closer to Nike overall, right now it's a drag on earnings: Reebok's orders declined 22% in the fourth quarter of 2005 owing to weak products and anxiety about Adidas' strategy for the brand. "Mind boggling," says John Shanley, an analyst at Susquehanna Financial Group...