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...half minutes to play. Saints’ Captain Heather Stec, who finished with a game-high 17 points, made back-to-back baskets to even the score at 49 with 2:42 remaining.The final two minutes saw the Crimson miss four three-pointers.“Several of our go-to players did not step up and did not want the shot,” Delaney-Smith said.Siena was able to hit five free throws to earn the victory.USC 95, HARVARD 74Harvard entered Saturday’s matchup with USC (6-4) knowing that a win was unlikely but looking...
There's anger too, and a gathering phalanx of lawyers ready to go after Madoff, his feeder funds and brokerage houses. Few victims expect to realize much from this legal offensive. Most see the Internal Revenue Service as the go-to place for lost monies, with at least three years of back taxes being recoverable. The next best hope: the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, which was set up for just such fraudulent behavior among securities brokers. It's unclear how much money SIPC has for victims, and payouts are notoriously slow. But there are reports it may offer between...
...almost a cliché in the Windy City to say that even prosecutors, should they run afoul of the law, would tap Genson to defend them. The son of a bail bondsman and a model-train enthusiast, he's become a rich man by being one of the go-to guys for people caught up in dire legal circumstances...
...After Thailand's currency collapsed in 1997, the government directed its tourism officials to market the country as a hot destination for plastic surgery, hoping to boost revenues. Thailand quickly became the go-to country for comparatively inexpensive sex-change operations, where patients faced fees as low as $5,000, as well as looser requirements for pre-surgery psychological counseling. Thailand is now a destination spot for all types of plastic surgery as well as a host of routine medical procedures. Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok is probably Thailand's best-known mecca for medical tourists, boasting patients from "over...
...After his loss to Bush in 2000, McCain became the go-to Republican for Democrats looking for a partner on a big piece of legislation. He joked about sleeping like a baby after losing (i.e., waking up and crying in the middle of the night), but he dealt with defeat and his new prominence by pouring his energy into his work on Capitol Hill. "I think you'll see a lot of straight talk from him right away," says veteran GOP consultant Scott Reed. "He'll be the first to criticize what he really didn't like about the campaign...