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...still piecing together the stunning global fraud. The extension agreed to today by Feds and Madoff's lawyers appears to confirm the two sides are working hard on a plea bargaining deal. Litt's office, with no comment, has not tipped their hand either way. A guilty plea would mean Madoff would escape the glare of a trial and be sentenced quickly...
...captain of the Junior Varsity team and devoted the following summer to training. “I rarely saw him so grim and determined,” Owen remembers, “as a younger brother I was watching him like ‘wow.’ I mean, he just played basketball all the time...
Though the administration is projecting a higher spending level in the mid-six percent range—up from 4.6—for this year and next, according to Smith, even a far higher rate could mean flat or even reduced overall payouts from the endowment, depending on its value at the end of the fiscal year on June...
...close any shades from the approved 26 windows while the parade takes place. This will alarm the Secret Service Snipers allocated on neighboring buildings.” I began to ask the woman who had escorted us into the building, “So, just to be clear, you mean, like, if I open the shade on one of those windows over there–” “–you run the risk of being shot,” she interrupted. “Alrighty then.” We were on the 15th floor...
...truly efficacious. Boston’s Chinatown was founded in 1890, and it remains the only historically Asian neighborhood in New England. Despite a long-established presence in the city, Asian American representation in Boston politics has been nonexistent. Yao commented that if Yoon were to win, it would mean a lot symbolically for the Asian community in Boston. “Mayor Menino was the first Italian-American mayor, though Boston has a history of Irish mayors,” said Yao. “This would be a big deal. It would symbolize the new diversity in Boston...