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...Irish Travelers of North Augusta, S.C., stopped their pickups in the middle of the road last week to commiserate over the "outing" of Madelyne Gorman Toogood. The woman caught thrashing her 4-year-old on a surveillance video in Indiana is also, as it turns out, an Irish Traveler. And though they don't know her, they know what her arrest means: 15 minutes of grueling fame for a community that thrives on secrecy...
...thrown off the track. On Friday, police showed up at Stormont, the seat of Ulster's government, and went straight to the offices of Sinn Fein, a key partner in the province's power-sharing arrangements. Detectives seized computer discs that, police said, might contain evidence that the Irish Republican Army spied on the British government during the peace process. The raid was the tail end of a major police operation in which documents were seized and arrests were made across Belfast. Two hundred officers staged raids on half a dozen homes, starting just before dawn. Among four people held...
...daughter of Lord Sothersby,” he announced. “Though my family doth wish it, she hath not my heart.” Word on the street is that he pines for Mary Kelly ’04, who is exceeding clever, but unfortunately Irish. “She is more fit to be a chambermaid than a bride,” sniffed Spencer’s father, Lord Nigel Spencer...
...teams level of play was consistently high, especially against No. 14 Notre Dame. Crimson singles and doubles combined for an overall 8-2 record against the Fighting Irish...
...beef, there's no guarantee that consumers, especially in France, will bite. THE BOURSE When Mickey Gets Militant How intense are Disney's troubles? The company hired George Mitchell, who helped forge Northern Ireland's Good Friday agreement, to co-chair the corporate governance committee. Better Luck For The Irish Allied Irish will sell Allfirst, the troubled subsidiary where the company uncovered a $691 million fraud in February, to U.S. bank M&T for $3.1 billion. Vivendi's Dash For Cash The Vivendi fire sale began in earnest, as the group sold its Italian pay TV arm Telepi...