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Prolific international map thief E. Forbes Smiley III is headed into uncharted territory: Smiley—who admitted he stole eight maps from Harvard’s Houghton Library and faces up to 10 years in prison and over $2 million in restitution and fines—is pleading for mercy. The renowned prowler is asking for leniency, in the form of a sentence no longer than 36 months in prison, even as library officials say Smiley has yet to fess up to all of his thefts. Smiley, who admittedly stole a total of 97 maps from a number...
...Despite its "stay the course" message, the Bush Administration may be quietly preparing a change of course, based on the work of a White House-sanctioned bipartisan Iraq Study Group headed up former Secretary of State James Baker III and former House International Relations Committee Chairman Lee Hamilton. Although that group has given no indication of what it will recommend following months of intensive interviews with hundreds of Iraqi and U.S. officials - and it will report only after November's election - it is not constrained by the domestic political limits on the Bush Administration. And the fact that its deliberations...
...elected in November, Patrick would be the first black governor in state history. The first black candidate to win statewide office was Edward W. Brooke III, a Republican who served as attorney general and later as U.S. Senator. Brooke was the first black member of the Senate since Reconstruction...
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...Carrey can be huge in the right project. Will Ferrell has become a major deliverer. Talladega Nights, if it keeps on motoring at its turbo pace, could end up one of the top five grossers of the year (after Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Cars, X-Men III and The Da Vinci Code); and it was made for less than half the cost of any of those films...