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...France's high-speed TGV trains were still operating and 45% of regional rail service was functioning. Air France maintained 70% of its short- and medium-haul flights in and out of Paris' two airports, and long-haul service was normal. And while several provincial cities such as Lyon experienced considerable disruption of public transport, movement in Paris was near normal, with the exception of reduced service on a few suburban commuter lines. (See pictures of protests on the Spanish-French border...
Perhaps nothing symbolized the U.S. team's efforts at the Bocuse d'Or better than its beef cheeks. At the world's premier chef's competition, which ended on Jan. 28 in Lyon, France, the Estonians transformed the cheeks - a required ingredient in this year's contest - into pot-au-feu; the Brazilians stuffed potatoes with them; and the Malaysians spiced them up into rendang. But the U.S. competitors, Timothy Hollingsworth and his assistant, Adina Guest, braised the meat until it was silky, set it on a tiny round of baby turnip, and topped it with a floret of broccolini...
...about trying to put the squeeze on a children's hospital and on the Tribune, which was looking to sell the Cubs with state help. But does mere talk constitute a crime? "Genson can argue it was [just] talk, and absent any act, there's no crime," says Andrea Lyon, a professor of law at DePaul University and former head of the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. "It's a First Amendment issue...
Fitzgerald will undoubtedly argue that the talk itself was a crime. Says Lyon: "The prosecution's position, as I understand it, is the offer to take a bribe or something of value is the completed crime because it's depriving the people of the state of the right to honest service." Such statutes have become broader, allowing lawyers greater reach in how to interpret such talk. "It used to be quid pro quo. That's what people were looking for. Not so anymore." Smith, a former prosecutor who has taught federal criminal law for 15 years, explains: "The question...
...latest humiliation comes with Beijing's decision to boycott the 11th annual China-European Union summit, which has been scheduled to open in Lyon today. China stunned E.U. officials last week by announcing that its delegation of more than 150 political and business leaders would stay at home because, in the words of China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, "the summit cannot be held in a sound atmosphere, nor can it achieve expected goals." The reason? The French President's plan to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on December 6 as part of an event honoring fellow...