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...Saturday morning four weeks ago, New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer walked onto a tennis court in Washington for a match with his niece and chanced upon Matthew Fink, president of the Investment Company Institute, the mutual fund industry's trade group. Howya doing? Spitzer asked. Fine, Fink answered. He then mentioned that his industry seemed to be under unusual scrutiny, adding, "At least you aren't giving us a hard time." Spitzer's response left Fink weak in the knees. "Just wait," he said with a smile...
...under pressure from Western governments and the E.U. to stop the sentence being carried out. Amina Lawal would have been the first person to be stoned to death since Shari'a law was adopted by 12 predominantly Muslim northern states in 1999. Fleeing to Freedom COLOMBIA Briton Matthew Scott emerged safe from the jungle 12 days after escaping armed kidnappers who took him and seven other foreigners hostage on Sept. 12. Scott,19, who evaded his captors by leaping down a ravine, was found by Indian tribespeople. The government has blamed one of the rebel groups operating in the area...
...Bush's promised tax cuts. Two years ago, Bush set himself a bold--audacious--set of tasks. How well they turn out will determine how politically strong he is in a year's time. That is the reality for George Bush, and it bites. --Reported by Massimo Calabresi, Matthew Cooper, John F. Dickerson, Mark Thompson and Douglas Waller/Washington, James Graff/Paris and Romesh Ratnesar/Jerusalem
...than the Senate committee's version. But both parties are in a bit of a bind. Republicans don't want to come across as Scrooges, and Democrats don't want to look as if they are soft on welfare--a tricky position for both in an election year. --By Matthew Cooper...
...cross hairs of environmentalists, he will probably be confirmed. One or more Democratic Senators may try to put a hold on his nomination, but that could be effectively broken by 60 votes. Leavitt, says a Senate staff member, should easily garner that much support. --By Eric Roston and Matthew Cooper...