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...under investigation. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in August returned a $50,000 check to a Colorado family foundation after his policy organization determined the donation was illegal. Losing tax-exempt status could be financially devastating to smaller nonprofits. "You do have to be careful," says Ann Kuster, a lawyer advising the Nonprofit Primary Project. "Everything we undertake must be nonpartisan and include every candidate...
...Bonds has pointed out that he has never tested positive for steroids. Yet the indictment states that investigators have found "positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing substances for Bonds and other professional athletes." His first court date is set for December 7. Bonds' lawyer, Michael Rains, called the charges "ridiculous." "Every American should worry about a Justice Department that doesn't know if waterboarding is torture and can't tell the difference between prosecution on the one hand and persecution on the other," he said in a statement...
...most observers say that to topple her, the anti-Hillary vote must rally around one of her rivals. Obama took the first shot, telling the Washington Post, "If John wants to make the comparison between the work I did as a community organizer ... to him working as a trial lawyer making millions of dollars, I'm happy to have that discussion." Edwards fired back: "I believe there's a fight in front of us ... And that means you've got to have somebody who will fight...
...actor portrays his or her character. The cast is a treasure chest, with gems even among the minor characters: Benowitz is fabulously annoying and provides much-needed comic relief, while her character’s husband, Jeffrey C. Witt ’09, is every inch the smooth Southern lawyer, right down to the immaculate part of his hair...
...suggestion that such a discussion violates the Basic Agreement is absurd," says Rob Manfred, baseball's lead labor lawyer. Still, the union thinks the meeting was suspect. Several press reports have also suggested that Commissioner Bud Selig - angry about both the scope of A-Rod's free agent demands and the timing of the opt-out from his New York Yankee contract (during the waning moments of this year's World Series, thus overshadowing the sport's signature event) - could be working the back rooms to keep A-Rod from scoring another pay raise. Manfred calls such allegations of tampering...