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...indictment reflects a lingering unwillingness to reopen the wounds of the civil war, which is evidenced by the fact that Manos Limpias was joined in its complaint by Franco's old fascist party, the Falange. Gónzalo Martínez-Fresneda, Garzón's lawyer, says a message has been sent to other magistrates that "they should not investigate the Franco regime's crimes or question the law of amnesty." If Garzón is convicted, he won't face any jail time but he could be removed from the bench for up to 20 years. (Read: "Exhuming...
...Panama is just the type of image-crazed country where people will put up with traffic problems in order to boast "Trump" as their address. Kent Davis, owner of real estate agency Panama Equity, says that even the neighbors are excited about Trump. "It's not like having Wal-Mart move in and force out the competition. People are psyched to have Trump in the neighborhood. I even sold a property in a nearby building because the buyer was excited about using the Trump facilities...
...change. Poorly handled cases like Semenya's suggest that the system is not working. Many athletes who agree to sex testing only learn of their medical condition from sports officials, which can be a shocking and painful way to face such an intimate revelation. María José Martínez-Patiño, who has AIS, was kicked off the Spanish national team, stripped of her titles and barred from competition in 1986 after gender-verification tests showed she was genetically male. IOC medical officials allowed her to compete in the 1992 Olympic trials in Barcelona...
...first episode, when her mother stabbed her father and, in the melee, their trailer home was demolished. Wearing a tank top over her bulging bosom and a blond mane over her empty head - except in the season after her hair got singed off in the great Mega Lo Mart propane explosion - Luanne worked as a beautician and, on the side, a performer on a local cable TV station with her Christian sock puppets, the Manger Babies (one of whom was an octopus). In the early years she had a feckless boyfriend named Buckley, until he died in the propane blast...
Perusing the list of the top 200 companies (with a market cap of at least $250 million) produces a number of surprises. There is Apple, but no Microsoft. The Boston Beer Company makes an appearance, but not market leader Anheuser-Busch. Tractor Supply lands on the list; Wal-Mart doesn't. Even with the economic crisis, a number of financial firms show up, including asset manager Blackrock, regional bank Iberiabank and homebuilder NVR (parent of Ryan Homes). The decade's best industry: oil and natural gas. A full 34 companies - 17% of the list - either drill, transport, refine or sell...