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...Street," "The Leopard") makes clear the legal grounds for killing Jesus. Under Mosaic law, blasphemy ("I'm Yahweh") is a capital crime; under Roman law, calling yourself King of the Jews is treason. The writers' touch is especially careful and coherent in the trial scene. The Sanhedrin is no lynch mob; they are a group of elders searching for common ground, trying to understand a young rebel who gives them no quarter. ("I beg you, bring peace to our gathering tonight.") The rabbis here are burdened with too much religious lore, or have too little imagination, to accept that...
...Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Lynch argued in a May 13 bail hearing that Pring-Wilson “has attempted to avoid responsibility” and was “trying to cover up his wrongful conduct” by lying to the police...
...Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a negative ruling on ImClone's experimental anticancer drug. The shares tanked after ImClone disclosed that news. Stewart saved at least $45,000 by selling her shares when she did, for $58.43. A few days after the sale, Merrill Lynch compliance officials quizzed Faneuil about the transaction. He then conferred privately with Bacanovic, who insisted the sale had been made to help Stewart offset taxes on other stock gains. But when Stewart's financial adviser angrily complained to Faneuil that the ImClone shares had been sold at a profit and "screwed up" previous...
...while he searched for some papers. After a few minutes he asked his assistant to pick up the phone and tell Stewart he would not be much longer, but by then Stewart had worked herself into a lather and barked, "Tell Peter Bacanovic I'll leave him and Merrill Lynch unless the hold music [is] changed." Then came the e-mail. On a large screen, Apfel projected an e-mail Faneuil had written to a friend in October 2001: "I just spoke to MARTHA! I have never, ever been treated more rudely by a stranger on the telephone." Later...
...networks through growing, or rather shrinking, pains. Under fire from conservatives, CBS last year canceled its mini-series The Reagans, although it claimed the cancellation was not caused by the pressure. This, combined with the network's apparent quid pro quo offer to Jessica Lynch--a host of Viacom deals in exchange for her story of capture in Iraq--and reports of a similar offer to obtain a Michael Jackson interview, has put CBS's credibility at a low point...