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...Even if Condit had nothing to do with Chandra Levy's disappearance - police continue to insist that he's not a suspect - his painstakingly tended image has been shattered and his political career declared dead. Democrats and Republicans are already scheming how to carve his conservative district to maximum advantage, or reapportion it out of existence. "If he's smart, he won't even run for re-election," says A.G. Block, executive editor of California Journal, a magazine on state politics...
...exotic felines draw tourists and dollars, the well-coiffed lawns drain the city's resources because of the amount of water it takes to maintain them. That's why the Southern Nevada Water Authority has started offering homeowners money--40[cents] per sq. ft., with a $1,000 maximum--to rip up all or part of their lawn and replace it with less water-dependent indigenous flora...
...however, it became lethal. For months Calcutta's brokers have been pointing fingers at a Bombay operator named Ketan Parekh, a.k.a. the Big Bull. Parekh is a major-league broker who, starting last September, was taking mammoth positions in several high-profile tech stocks. When his positions topped the maximum allowed by regulators, he allegedly began placing orders through a group of Calcutta operators, including Dinesh Singhania, a local broker widely disliked for his lavish tastes and arrogance. Since most of these orders were financed with gray money, they couldn't be traced back to Parekh. In its May report...
...June 8, an Assistant U.S. Attorney announced the government's intent to seek a maximum penalty of life without parole for Mesa, following his indictment on 15 counts, including two of first-degree murder. His lawyer, without offering details, entered a plea of not guilty. The trial is scheduled for November...
...when dealing with a serious hostage crisis. The U.S. is publicly backing Arroyo's guns-blazing approach, but some Washington counterterrorism experts are worried. Says one official: "We need a more coordinated, deliberate Philippine strategy, rather than running blindly through the jungle in hot pursuit, putting the hostages at maximum risk...