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...Mike DeWine introduced a bill to lower the level of proof the Justice Department and spy agencies would need to get a FISA warrant to wiretap foreigners, or non-U.S. citizens, who were in the United States. For these "non-U.S. persons" only, the threshold would drop from "probable cause" to "reasonable suspicion," which has long been a recognized standard in U.S. courts. However, at a July 31, 2002, Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on DeWine's bill, James A. Baker, counsel for intelligence policy at the Justice Department, testified that the change in evidentiary standard DeWine proposed...
...Sports. If you play a sport, you almost certainly shouldn’t be here. I can offer you little advice, beyond that you should probably drop out and go home, if only to save face...
...round, putting even more pressure on the educational, health and social-service agencies in the Hamptons. The East Hampton school system now has a population that is 25% Hispanic, including legal and illegal kids. At East Hampton High School, new students who don't speak a word of English drop in so frequently that the school has developed a two-week crash course in basic phrases and American culture. There are signs of backlash from local taxpayers. A $90 million construction bond meant to alleviate overcrowding in East Hampton schools was rejected by voters last June, and some locals attribute...
...world," Frenkel said. "If you can dance a tango without talking to one another then so be it. But the track record isn't good." Despite all the concern, there's a lot to cheer about. The Board of Economists' most dire predictions last year - including a drop in the value of the dollar, a sharp increase in long-term U.S. interest rates and the bursting of the U.S. housing bubble - didn't come to pass. Indeed, the dollar rose in value and the yield on 10-year bonds barely budged, despite a series of interest-rate hikes...
...fractionals are selling, the next stop could be, say, Talladega, Ala., or Hanover, Pa., where the nascar and horse crowds hang. A wild thought, perhaps. But when cattle used to outnumber people in the Roaring Fork Valley, who would have believed a visitor could find this place, let alone drop a million bucks to stay on Durant Avenue so he could boogie at the Belly Up club...