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...Arroyo declared that Manila was under a "state of rebellion," a vague term of dubious constitutionality that allows the President to arrest whomever she likes for a period of three days. She ordered the rounding up of her most bitter political foes, including Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, an Estrada loyalist and one of the heroes who toppled the Marcos regime, and former Washington ambassador Ernesto Maceda. Senator Gregorio Honasan, an Enrile ally and former army colonel involved in seven botched coup attempts in the late 1980s, refused to surrender along with nine others...
...They drop miniscule hints, like "think titanium powerbook. It's as big as that." Meanwhile, rumors start spreading virally on the Mac loyalist websites. It's going to be a widescreen iMac, says one. No, they're going to announce a nationwide chain of Apple boutiques, argues another. Now you're in a state of hyped-up curiousity. And there's nothing better suited to Jobs' dance of the seven veils than a room of hyped-up, curious people...
...Longtime loyalist and State Department spokeswoman for Bush Sr. helped out during Florida recount...
...have not labeled Cuffy--or anyone--a suspect. Nor have they found the semiautomatic weapon used to kill Derwin Brown, a weapon very similar to the guns in Sunday's shoot-out. Still, they have filed obstruction-of-justice charges against Cuffy's roommate David Ramsey and another Dorsey loyalist, Melvin Walker, for allegedly misleading investigators about Cuffy's alibi. Within days of those arrests, the armed men descended on Cuffy's home. He says they came to kill him. He escaped injury, while Hewitt was shot in the legs and feet in the fire fight, which ended with...
...that Daschle is facing the most divided Senate of his career, his polite but dogged approach could be even more vital. Over the past six years, Daschle has perfected a delicate dance, appearing at once a party loyalist and a diplomat. He has developed an unusually collegial relationship with Republican leader Trent Lott. Even during the mortifying impeachment crisis, for example, Daschle corralled the Democrats behind Clinton while still criticizing the White House's "legal hairsplitting," a term generally wielded by Republicans...