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...case, including Linda Fairstein, former chief of the district attorney's sex-crimes unit, concede that the DNA evidence proves Reyes raped the jogger, whose identity is still being shielded, though she will reveal it when she publishes a book about her experience next year. But Fairstein continues to insist that the new evidence "does not exonerate the other five, who by their own admissions participated in her attack by holding her down and striking her to the ground." Reyes, now 31, said he was moved to admit his guilt after witnessing the hard time Wise was having in prison...
...case against Iraq at the UN Security Council will require hard evidence. And UN inspectors have said repeatedly that they've yet to receive any intelligence from the U.S. or Britain that could point them to locations, documents or individuals that might prove U.S. accusations. The Bush Administration may insist that the onus is on Iraq to prove that it has disarmed, but in the eyes of other Security Council members there's clearly pressure right now on the U.S. and Britain to come forward with evidence that would allow the inspectors to verify their accusations against Iraq. But British...
...there's a weakness, it's that Twain is too busy standing everywhere to stand anywhere. Only she could write a song, Juanita, about the independent goddess raging inside all women, include a line like "When someone tries to take away the freedom of your choice" and insist that it never occurred to her that it might be interpreted as a reference to abortion. "I wouldn't even know what to say about that," says Twain, "because my feelings about that have changed so much over the years. I go back and forth, and it's such a difficult issue...
...competitors to invest capital at these prices," says Randall Stephenson, chief financial officer of SBC Communications. "We still maintain the network and provision it, and the cost structure doesn't change. From a financial perspective, the model is unsustainable." As long as they are subsidizing their rivals, the Bells insist, there's no reason for them to upgrade their networks, which puts a further drain on the depressed equipment sector, including companies like Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks...
...claim that they don't want to remain under the government's wing forever. They insist they will eventually build their own local facilities and networks in densely populated major metro areas (except for the last mile to the home, which no one expects will ever be replicated). But in a business with massive fixed costs and economies of scale--in which the current local networks were built with government subsidies and a guaranteed rate of return--the newcomers say they can't make the necessary investments until they have built up a critical mass of customers. Wayne Huyard, chief...