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When Polanski was arrested for assaulting Gailey, his case drew the attention of Judge Rittenband, who had also presided over Elvis Presley's divorce, Marlon Brando's child-custody battle and a paternity suit against Cary Grant. Rittenband, in a manner reminiscent of the one-liner-dropping judge in the Anna Nicole Smith case, liked the spotlight. He even had a bailiff maintain a scrapbook of his newspaper clippings...
...area adjacent to Brown's, the new CLC contracts will mean that 30% of all his workers will take a 30% pay cut next month. "My CLCs are going to change pretty drastically," says Willig. Previously Willig thought he could at least rely upon funds for micro-grants project to spark economic activity by helping Iraqis who wouldn't transition from the CLCs to the army or police to segue into small business. "The feeling was [micro-grants] was the best thing going," says Willig. He has received application packets for $150,000 in grants, but the colonel overseeing...
...mail traffic without warrants after 9/11. After news of the Bush program broke, civil liberties groups brought cases against the companies, and since then the telecoms have in some cases refused to help the U.S. intelligence community further. Bush has said he will veto any bill that doesn't grant the telecoms immunity. The Democrats are split on the issue. Smart money bets the Democrats will cave again - the only question is how much they fight before doing...
...University will also grant Rowling— a native of Great Britain whose net worth has been estimated at over $1 billion—an honorary degree at the June 5 ceremony...
...immigration, McCain is often dubbed a dove. Admirably, he pushed an immigration policy proposal last summer that would grant amnesty and establish a path to citizenship for millions of illegal aliens currently living in America, despite taking a great deal of heat from the Republican base. We applaud McCain on these counts. Nevertheless, McCain also voted for a bill that includes erecting a Mexican border wall—a proposal that is likely to be more costly than it is effective and one that we simply cannot support...