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SENTENCED. Sergei Skripal, 55, former Russian military intelligence colonel, to 13 years in prison for high treason; by the Moscow District Military Court in a closed-door trial; in Moscow. While on a mission in Britain in 1995, Skripal was recruited as an agent by MI6, the overseas arm of British intelligence, to reveal the identities of several dozen Russian secret agents stationed in Europe. He retired in 1999, but used his intelligence connections to keep working for the British, earning an estimated $100,000 before his arrest in December 2004. CHARGED. Nikolai Zavadsky, 54, husband of the late Larisa...
...competitive, brilliant family—“In one often-repeated tale, [Spitzer’s father] Bernard reduced Eliot, then about seven or eight, to tears during a game of Monopoly”—of his academic success, and of his time in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office...
...think Hank Johnson will cruise to a very easy win here," says Emory University political science professor Alan Abramowitz. The district is 57% black, and encompasses liberal DeKalb County, where Emory University is located. With a median family income of $52,552, it is one of the most affluent African-American counties in the nation. The district supported John Kerry in 2004 with 72% of its vote...
...G.O.P. has put up arguably less than token opposition to Johnson, who will face repeat candidate Catherine Davis. It was Davis whom McKinney beat in her last win for the 4th District in 2004, getting 64% of the general election vote then. But her overall erosion was showing, as McKinney squeaked by in that primary with 51% of the vote before winning big in the general election. "Davis is not considered a serious challenger," says Abramowitz. "She's a nice, sincere person. She is African-American but very conservative...
...McKinney ends a political career that began in 1992 when she was then the first African-American woman to represent Georgia in Congress. Her militant stances and attacks on President Bush, even to the point of accusing him of prior knowledge of the 9/11 plot, played well in the district for a while, but "she's been a very controversial figure in the district for a long time," says Abramowitz. "I think the run-in with the Capitol policeman added fuel to the fire based on her reaction as being a victim of racism...