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...silver speedo, sneakers, and paint, a man darted around the atrium of Sanders Theatre last night—sticking out, to say the least, as students, Nobel laureates, and followers of the Annals of Improbable Research filed in to attend the “19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony” last night...
...stage, a poker table, a grand piano, a bar outfitted with shaker and glass, and people dressed in vibrant top hats, tails and Gatsbyesque dresses greeted attendees of the Ig Nobels, which honor people for findings that first make people “LAUGH, and then make them THINK...
Eighteen months since the IG report, USAID has also not adequately accounted for $16 million in project spending and has hired an outside auditor to track the money, according to Dona Dinkler, the USAID IG's chief of staff. USAID declined to comment, but it has blamed high staff turnover - four different USAID employees oversaw the project successively - and security concerns, which severely limited the number of hands-on visits to the remote Sindh and Baluchistan provinces, where the project was meant to have its greatest impact. "In that case, you have to find other ways to provide oversight...
...Mukasey to head the ongoing investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes. Colleagues say Durham is thorough and cautious in deciding whether a case deserves to be prosecuted. But once he fixes on a target, the veteran lawyer usually catches his prey. (Read "Five Questions for the CIA IG's Interrogation Report...
...detainees, much of the furor over the agency's enhanced interrogation techniques has been over questions of morality, legality and politics. But there's also a cold, practical question: Did harsh methods like waterboarding cause terrorist suspects to give up valuable, actionable information? (Read "Five Questions for the CIA IG's Interrogation Report...