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Republicans will move quickly to confirm 18 judicial nominees who have already passed committee and to get the judiciary panel to act on three who have had hearings but no votes. Likely to be back: Priscilla Owen and Charles Pickering, two appellate-court nominees rejected by the Democratic-controlled committee...
Back before President Bush spoke of an "Axis of Evil," he spoke of "the evil one" behind the September 11 attacks. And even as Washington's focus has shifted to its looming confrontation with Iraq, Osama bin Laden popped up again this week to confirm that he survived Year 1 of America's war on terror - and to warn that more mayhem awaits the U.S. and its allies. Announcing himself rather meekly, via an audio cassette delivered to an al-Jazeera TV correspondent in Pakistan rather than through one of the promotional videos his global audience has come to expect...
...spokesperson Gail Marcinkiewicz said she could not “confirm or deny” that the FBI had interrogated Abouazza...
...It’s a crime investigation as well,” she said. “It was also a test to see whether we could get patient information back to the airlines, find out where passengers went and confirm the status of victims...
...Keffer had requested punitive and compensatory damages against Shleifer, Hay and Harvard, which they say has “vicarious liability” and was negligent in the oversight of its employees. The Associated Press reported that Forum had asked for $4.4 million in compensation, although Delinsky would not confirm that figure...