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...next month's NRL finals and without a word to anyone at Canterbury, he walked out on his club and sport to sign a new, richer deal with the French rugby union club Toulon. Pursued by Canterbury for breach of contract, Williams, 23, has settled out of court with his former employer and insists his rugby league days are over...
...response to McCain's ads, Clinton listed all the reasons the Democrats needed to get their act together. "The Supreme Court is at stake; our educational system needs the right kind of change. We've got to become energy independent; we have to create millions of new green-collar jobs. We've got so much work to do around the world," Clinton said. "None of that will happen if John McCain is in the White House...
...years have been implicated in alleged crimes ranging from involuntary manslaughter to sexual assault, in cases that have often led to public outcry over military immunity. However, Washington has shown no signs of seriously rethinking the immunity question. Indeed, the specter of U.S. military personnel appearing in a foreign court after Sept. 11 led President Bush in 2002 to withdraw the tentative U.S. support for the International Criminal Court that had been offered by President Clinton during the last year of his tenure. That stance left the United States on the same side of the issue as other nations opposed...
...doesn't end with trays. George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., is at the fore of the sustainable-dining-hall campaign. In September, it will open Southside, a $10 million 40,000-sq.-ft., 95%-sustainable dining hall. Southside isn't a cafeteria; it's a full-service food court with takeout meals and indoor and outdoor seating - and no trays. There are several food stations to choose from - including the "Spaghettaboutit" pizza-and-pasta station and the "After All" dessert bar - and each offers its own silverware, dishes and seating area. "Without the tray, it just doesn't give...
...best young organizer in Chicago was Barack," says Paul Schmitz, CEO of Public Allies. The group invited Obama to join their board. But when they started to look for someone to head up the Chicago office, Obama recommended his fiancée and resigned when the nonprofit began to court her in earnest. "At a time when the average age of our staff was 23, she was like drafting Brett Favre for the Packers," Schmitz says. "Michelle was 29 when we hired her. She had a law degree from Harvard, had worked for the mayor, for a corporate law firm...