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...conferences of their own. "We were unaware of the negotiations. If they had meetings we were not notified," Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, told a virtually identical group of Capitol Hill reporters. "Those that talk about being able to run this through the Congress like a hot knife through butter, I'm sorry, that's not the way it's going to be. We're going to push and insist on a new approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dems Get Stuck on Trade | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

...allowed to hear only about Rodriguez’s three prior assault and battery convictions, they will now be able to learn that Rodriguez once egged a passing car and then attacked one of its riders, hit his sister in the eye with a cup and then tried to knife his brother-in-law and repeatedly beat his former girlfriend, according to the Associated Press...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Manslaughter Retrial Begins for Former Grad Student | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

...take a new statement from Alexandre, police arrested and charged two men within hours, thanks to the license plate Alexandre had glimpsed in the near-dark, and Alexandre's ability to spot them in a police lineup. The two men go on trial this Wednesday, charged with "forced homosexuality," knife-wielding and kidnapping; the third suspected attacker - the acquaintance of Alexandre - will stand trial in a juvenile court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outrage Over Dubai Rape Case | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

...track his fertilizer and pesticide use and the food and drug intake of every cow. It's no accident that agriculture's productivity growth consistently outpaces the rest of the economy--or that farms with million-dollar revenues are the fastest-growing agricultural sector. "We started with a corn knife and a scoop shovel, and look what's happened," he chuckles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Our Farm Policy Is Failing | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Violence is still a significant problem in Boston’s public high schools, according to a recent study by a center at the Harvard School of Public Health. More than 40 percent of male high school students reported having carried a knife and almost 40 percent of male students said they have been assaulted, according to the study, compiled by the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center. Of the students who had witnessed violence or been victims of violence, few had been through counseling, said Ann Scales, a spokeswoman for the Boston Public Health Commission. She said a high number...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Violence Plagues Local Schools | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

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