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...members of the District of Columbia Council this summer voted themselves parking ticket exemptions from nearly all parking infractions. While members are already exempt from citations because of overtime meters, they decided—as a matter of ‘home rule’—to extend their privileges to match those of members of Congress, so that they would be able to park at crosswalks, bus stops and residential permit areas without penalty. The sponsor of the measure said that there was “something not right” about members of Congress having more...
Gill has said that he had been planning to petition the commission to extend the hours again. But he said recently that he is no longer sure he will feel able to appeal in the near future...
...likelihood is that people will have eaten already at another local restaurant,” Moore said in explaining the premise behind the restaurant. “It’s the sort of thing that happens in the North End. People want to extend their evening, or to take a walk before dessert...
...June the U.S., working with three environmental groups, canceled $5.5 million of Peru's foreign debt. In exchange, Peru will extend protection to 27.5 million acres of tropical rain forest containing pink river dolphins, jaguars, scarlet macaws and giant water lilies. Nongovernment groups will monitor the protected areas to make sure the regulations are enforced. "It's a public-private partnership in the best sense of the word," says Stuart Irvin, an attorney with Covington & Burling in Washington who gave pro bono legal advice on this deal and similar swaps. "Everyone comes out a winner...
Since the spring, the AIDS activist group ACT UP has called for Coke, which is the largest employer in Africa, to extend coverage of HIV and AIDS treatments to its African employees. In April, ACT UP’s New York branch held a demonstration outside a Coke shareholders meeting, and since then other activist groups, including SGAC, have teamed up with ACT UP to pressure Coke...