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...inspector general reported in February that the university misreported a significant proportion of its $508,000 in invoices for a particular grant. Representatives of the DOD, HHS, NSF, and the Yale Office of the Vice President and General Counsel all declined to comment for this story. The Connecticut District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where any Department of Justice subpoenas against Yale would be filed, did not respond to a request for comment. —Material from the Associated Press was used in the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Nicholas K. Tabor...
...Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman was looking to completely destroy his opponent, millionaire cable executive Ned Lamont, in their debate Thursday night, it didn't happen. It was clear from the start of the debate, which was broadcast nationally on C-SPAN and MSNBC, that Lieberman was not taking the genial, low-voltage approach of his debate in 2000 against Dick Cheney, his opponent in the Vice Presidential race. Lieberman attacked Lamont nonstop, calling him a "one-issue" candidate who was only focused on opposing the Iraq war, charging that Lamont had flip-flopped on whether the U.S. should withdraw troops...
...while Lamont seemed nervous at the start of the debate, with a few awkward pauses between words, he largely held his own against the 18-year Senate veteran and former vice presidential nominee - rebutting Lieberman's attacks and trying to impress on Connecticut voters that Lieberman is too close to President Bush...
...Connecticut Senate Democratic primary between Lamont and Lieberman, which will be held on Aug. 8, has become one of the most closely watched campaigns of 2006, as anti-Bush and anti-Iraq war fervor has helped Lamont wage a competitive challenge to Lieberman, who has infuriated Democrats with his vocal defense of President Bush's Iraq policy. But while nationally the race has become a referendum on the state of the Democratic Party, the division between the party's left and right wings and its position on the Iraq War, the debate saw both candidates trying to change the subject...
...bloggers are having trouble getting their way in Congress, they're showing they have some clout in a political battle in Connecticut. Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic Vice Presidential nominee who is in the midst of a difficult primary challenge, announced this week he will collect signatures to run as an independent in case he loses in the Aug. 8 primary to challenger Ned Lamont. Polls suggest Lieberman has strong support among independents and Republicans, and Lieberman is worried that he will lose a primary vote that may well be dominated by liberal activists who are angry...