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...burgeoning case against admitted pedophile John Mark Karr has made investigators wonder what's next. "There's a very high level of frustration. But we still very much hope it will be solved," said Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy, sounding defensive in a hastily convened press conference to explain how the case against Karr disintegrated. But Lacy seemed unsure that JonBenet's killer would be brought to justice on her watch, signaling that she expected the investigation to continue even after her two remaining years as DA are up. That leaves JonBenet's family and friends in the same...
...Nation of Holocaust Deniers? The president's skepticism is, surprisingly, shared by many Iranians. But that doesn't mean they are anti-Israel. Let me explain...
...that verdict was overturned last March by an appeals court that cited faulty jury instructions. (The trial judge didn't explain that Quattrone would have had to know what he was doing was wrong to be convicted.) With their case, and perhaps their will, weakened, prosecutors waved a white flag and agreed to let Quattrone off--no fine, no admission of guilt, no ban from the securities industry--as long as he stays out of trouble for one year...
...girls were randomly chosen for additional, in-depth, face-to-face interviews that were taped. The responses were revelatory in their passionate forthrightness. "You think of it as this way: [Would] you give up your whole life, you know ... to save Jenny's life?" one boy said, trying to explain his feelings about his girlfriend. "I'm like a little girl in a relationship," another boy confided. "[At first it] just seemed like every time I was around her I couldn't talk. I was getting butterflies in my stomach, I was just, like, discombobulated or something." Such sentiments were...
...expressly to avoid being killed. From this ancient practice that is today irrelevant (in Iran at least, where no one is persecuted for their sect), modern Iran observers sometimes draw the conclusion that Iranians have inherited a disposition for lying. As with invoking taarof to explain Iranian behavior, this line of thinking focuses on the process of communications instead of their content. Besides, does anyone truly believe Sunni politicians are less adept at dishonesty...