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It’s not as if Kuo is godless, either. He was an Ashcroft aide and has an evangelical blog, and represents the kind of voter the Bush White House relies on as its base. But Kuo notes that Bush political operatives Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove called the evangelicals “ridiculous” and “nuts” in strategy meetings—an excellent way to alienate that base before next election...
...less than a week, Ken Lay's criminal conviction in the Enron scandal has been formally thrown out because of his death, and former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skillling has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. But if anyone thinks that means the end of the Enron legal battles, they are as mistaken as the analysts who thought the once high-flying energy trader was a blue chip with a bright future...
...Even in death, Ken Lay's legal odyssey may not be over. Although a Houston judge last week vacated the former Enron chairman's conviction, some legal observers predict the government will appeal the ruling - possibly all the way to the Supreme Court. At issue is - what else - lots and lots of money: there is a flurry of unsettled civil suits brought by investors, employees and victims against Lay and many others involved with Enron. Even if prosecutors have no illusions of actually having the ruling overturned, they may figure that additional legal fees associated with a drawn-out appeals...
...painterly impressions of Renoir's bathers, Monet's water lilies and Van Gogh's windmills, a group of white-gloved, green-uniformed installation specialists have gathered round the much earthier canvas of Judy Watson's Aboriginal Shield, which has come all the way from Wollongong. Around the corner, Ken Thaiday Senior's tiger-shark headdress occupies a cabinet where early Greek and Egyptian antiquities are normally housed. But this day the biggest impression comes when Patricia Piccinini's mutant possum sculpture emerges-bearing impossibly lifelike wrinkles, hair and fangs-from its packing box. "With this work, we are now starting...
...race between Rep. Geoff Davis, a conservative Republican and former Army Ranger with the 82nd Airborne Division, and former congressman Ken Lucas is considered one of the closest in the nation, and the stream of dollars and big-name campaigners who have visited the district has flowed faster than the nearby Ohio River...