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Shortly after 3 p.m., a member of the Lampoon told the fans assembled at the Brattle that Braff would not be coming to the venue as advertised, due to a “trampoline clause” in his contract that prevented him from answering questions without jumping up and down at the same time...
...security contractor accused of shooting two Iraqis in Baghdad on Tuesday was working indirectly for a branch of the U.S. government. According to the State Department, the company, Unity Resources Group - which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates - was providing protection to RTI, a U.S. nonprofit organization under contract to work in Iraq for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The shooting occurred at 1:40 p.m. in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada. According to the Iraq interior ministry, two Iraqi Christian women were killed. The convoy had just finished dropping off an employee...
...investigation into Siegelman began as an inquiry into a contract held by Young to build a state warehouse in Alabama. Young was a well-liked figure in Montgomery who, by his own account, was in the habit of handing out cash, checks, rides on his private airplane and other goodies to members of both political parties. In return, he apparently hoped to receive favorable treatment for his garbage dumps and other lucrative state-related business...
...performance and work-related issues” and unrelated to the subway incident. Brainard declined to comment further, citing University policy not to discuss specific personnel matters. Karen O’Brien, Toomey’s union representative, said the University breached its contract with the union by firing Toomey without following the proper grievance process, which includes several levels of mediation. “This termination came out of the blue. He said his part of the story, and then he got a letter saying he was fired,” O’Brien said. Union representative Geoff...
...investigation into Siegelman began as an inquiry into a contract held by Young to build a state warehouse in Alabama. Young was a well-liked figure in Montgomery who, by his own account, was in the habit of handing out cash, checks, rides on his private airplane and other goodies to members of both political parties. In return, he apparently hoped to receive favorable treatment for his garbage dumps and other lucrative state-related business...