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...took in this week's news of Jason and Joumana Kidd. The former, a pro basketball star, had filed for divorce, contending, as the New York Daily News put it, that "his wife resorted to punching, kicking and throwing 'nearby household objects' to resolve marital disputes." Her lawyer pooh-poohed this claim, and mentioned that Jason, to quote the Daily News again, "was once busted for punching his wife in the mouth in a fight over his eating their son's French fries...
...Possibly the French fries masked some deeper issue. Asked whether Jason was unfaithful, Joumana's lawyer said, "Do they sell pantyhose at Macy's?" That's a new one to me. I like it better than "Does a bear go poop in the woods?" It's edgier, more urban...
...years,” he said. “She’s bound to be very influential, and raise the level of attention to the level of security measures for Boston and Massachusetts.” Kayyem started her career in the U.S. Justice Department as a trial lawyer, litigating across the country. Before entering law school, she worked as a journalist in South Africa, and has since appeared as an MSNBC news analyst. She has maintained a strong interest in public policy, particularly as it relates to terrorism. She also worked as a legal adviser for former Attorney...
...spotlight glaring inequalities in Indian society-and raise questions about whom public officials truly serve. Police have detained Moninder Singh Pandher, a businessman who lives in Noida, and his servant Surender Kohli, and charged them with kidnapping, rape and murder. While Kohli has confessed to the killings, Pandher's lawyer denies the charges against his client. But it's what the police did not do that has sparked outrage. Thirty-eight women and children had been reported missing from the slum over the past two years, with little response from the authorities. "The most important aspect of these murders...
DIED. Carlo Ponti, 94, producer of more than 100 movies, including the Academy Award--winning La Strada and 1965's Doctor Zhivago, and the husband of actress Sophia Loren; in Geneva. Though trained as a lawyer, the movieman clashed several times with the law in his native Italy, most famously when he tried to wed Loren, whom he had met when she was a teenage beauty contestant. The couple first attempted their marriage in 1957, but the bond was annulled because Ponti had previously been married, and divorce was not yet legal in Italy. The two successfully wed in Paris...