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Possible past links between government and 17 November are another problem. "We know," says Merry, "that there were people in the government, in the party, who had more than a damn good idea" of the terrorists' identities. Tying powerful figures to the group could be a political nightmare for reform-minded Prime Minister Costas Simitis, but he may have no choice. Greece's antiterrorist performance isn't just risking the Olympics--it is killing the nation's reputation...
...just like the music execs who fume and rant about "those damn hackers stealing artists' music," the L.A. Times story quoted an executive at a pattern making company who called the several hundred online pattern swappers (mostly middle aged housewives) "the scourge of all that is decent and right." Please...
...past 15 years, Kathie Lee Gifford has been more than Regis Philbin's co-host. She's been a damn interesting spectator sport. There was the 1996 sweatshop scandal, of course, and husband Frank Gifford's 1997 tryst with a flight attendant. Also, there were her remarkable skills as a broadcaster; her combustible chemistry with Philbin; their show's unscripted, unpredictable first 20 min.; and the sometimes palpable tension between her and Michael Gelman, executive producer of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. This week Gifford, 46, leaves it all behind. Who will replace her? It hasn't been decided...
...Turner will tell you he doesn't give a damn what you think about how he gives his money away, because that's one of the prerogatives of being worth $9 billion: you can give it away however you want. "I'm very internationally focused," Turner says as he chews on a cigar in his Atlanta CNN Center office. "I think, you know, we're all living on this little planet here, and you know, the borders of countries are just lines on a piece of paper." Sure, he admits, the U.N. gets into a tangle now and then. "Like...
...says. "And then, well, trying to help others is very satisfying." He admits, though, that he doesn't know why he likes giving. "Is it your ego, or is it the fact that you've got a warm heart?" he asks rhetorically, grinning. And he doesn't give a damn which answer you prefer...