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...salary. Yet when news circulated on July 9 that Alfredo was missing, Jones allegedly falsified the case records to show that she had visited the children's home on July 1, scribbling into the report that Alfredo looked "happy." Alfredo's corpse was found in a ditch north of Tampa nearly two weeks later. Jones was not only fired but also charged with felony fraud under a new state law. Jones' supervisor was also fired...
Aides to Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer say he would prefer to build the fence right along the Green Line. But practical problems have pushed Israeli planners to set the obstacle inside the West Bank at several points. The entire barrier network--which includes a ditch, several roadways, concertina wire and surveillance cameras, as well as a 10-ft.-tall electric fence--will be 130 ft. wide. That means there wouldn't be enough room to lay the network along the Green Line where it divides three Arab towns. As a result, the people of Barta'a, Baka is-Sharqiyeh...
...last week, the committee members tentatively embraced a few extra restrictions—most importantly, zoning the site “residential” instead of “institutional”—in a last-ditch attempt to turn Harvard away from its parcel by the Charles...
...before Harvard could celebrate, the Crimson had to fend off a last-ditch rally from the Blue Jays. Harvard came through in the last minute and a half by winning the draw and running out the clock...
...know you've arrived if you can leave when you want. When Bush aide Karen Hughes announced last week she would depart the White House to bring her homesick husband and son back to Texas, she became the latest high-profile woman to ditch a glamorous gig for her family's sake. In Hughes' case, the explanation seems to be passing muster. For others, the story's more complicated...