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...often happens on Capitol Hill, the reasoning on both sides is dubious. Many Dems' insistence that the maneuver would help them gain political cover in the 2010 election season doesn't make much sense; it's not as if Republicans won't hammer House Democrats over health reform anyway, even if the Dems didn't technically vote for the more controversial bill. For their part, Republicans have previously used the simple-majority reconciliation process many times to pass legislation, even as they vilify Senate Democrats for trying to use the same procedure to make changes to the health bill they...
...Today’s indictment of Brittany Smith is a significant step in unraveling the truth in this case, and holding her accountable for her alleged complicity in, and subsequent attempts to cover up, the murder of Justin Cosby,” Middlesex County District Attorney Gerard T. Leone, Jr. ’85 said in a press release...
...First off, the Masters is notoriously stingy when it comes to handing out media credentials, so he won't be confronted by TMZ after finishing his practice round. "They're going to have a much harder time getting in," says Dan Jenkins, a legendary golf writer who will be covering his 60th - that's not a misprint - Masters in April, regarding the access Augusta grants to media outlets that don't cover golf regularly. "You've got to start going there awhile before you get taken into the club." Masters organizers say the number of media passes distributed this year...
...last time the Masters drew the interest of the larger media machine was in 2003, when news organizations of every stripe descended upon Augusta to cover the protests of Martha Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, who crusaded against Augusta National's men-only membership policy. But Burk set up shop outside the club, where the media had access to her. Tiger does his work inside the ropes of Augusta, so the club can cut off the larger circus. Expect many television stations to send trucks and reporters to camp outside Augusta to gather fan reactions...
...Boston Archdiocese, a Massachusetts TV reporter barked out a question demanding the whereabouts of Cardinal Bernard Law: "When is the Cardinal going to resign?" The Cardinal would step down months later. But he has never given a full accounting of his role in the episode. (See TIME's 2002 cover story on the Boston sex-abuse scandal...