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...DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol, told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress within months. Taking defiant swipes at "the left" and the press, he said he feels "liberated" and vowed to pursue an aggressive speaking and organizing campaign aimed at promoting foster care, Republican candidates and a closer connection between religion and government...
...going to announce tomorrow that I'm not running for reelection and that I'm going to leave Congress," DeLay, who turns 59 on Saturday, said during a 90-minute interview on Monday. "I'm very much at peace with it." He notified President Bush in the afternoon. DeLay and his wife, Christine, said they had been prepared to fight, but that he decided last Wednesday, after months of prayer and contemplation, to spare his suburban Houston district the mudfest to come. "This had become a referendum on me," he said. "So it's better for me to step aside...
Still, the arrival of a new nonsurgical treatment for one of women's most common complaints is good news. Women have a tendency to delay treatment for fibroids until they are huge and causing big problems. "As we develop less invasive procedures," says Dr. Elizabeth Stewart of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, "we will be able to treat women earlier...
PLEADED GUILTY. TONY RUDY, 39, former deputy chief of staff to Representative Tom DeLay; to conspiring with Jack Abramoff in a lobbying-fraud scheme while Rudy worked for DeLay and after he left to become a lobbyist; as part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with a federal investigation...
...Unfortunately yes. Fundraising for the World Trade Center memorial has been slower than expected, and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has even insisted that Silverstein contribute some memorial funds as part of any deal. Meanwhile, concern over the nature of historical exhibitions has helped delay plans for a cultural "freedom" center adjacent to the memorial...