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Utah governor Mike Leavitt will face a grilling later this month when the Senate considers his nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican will have to defend the Bush Administration's environmental record, including last week's revised EPA rules governing pollution at older power plants. Under the old regimen, utilities that wanted to update their plants were required to install extensive pollution controls. The new rules will allow them to upgrade without putting in such equipment...
...Restive soldiers are not Arroyo's only problem. She faces a bloody insurgency in the south, a deteriorating currency and a looming presidential election campaign next spring. (She hasn't announced if she's running or not.) And then there's "Mike," First Gentleman Jos? Miguel Arroyo. He's been accused by Senator Panfilo Lacson?who has declared his intention to run for President?of siphoning off $5.6 million of Arroyo's campaign donations and having an affair with his female accountant to boot. Mike admitted last week that his daughter Luli was avoiding him because of the scandal...
...fact, Mike got some good news last week. The main witness against him in Senate hearings had been his godson and former messenger, Eugenio Mahusay, who testified that he was frequently sent to the bank to deposit and withdraw large sums from an account the First Gentleman controlled under an alias. But it turned out Lacson may have been duped by his star witness. Mahusay, who under Lacson's care had retreated to a hotel outside Manila (the Senator, a former national police chief, said he had Mahusay in "protective custody"), soon changed his tune. At his next court appearance...
...staring at budget shortfalls this fiscal year totaling $80 billion, forcing them to slash popular programs or raise taxes. None so far is threatened with being ousted by a recall like the one Davis faces. But for many a pink slip might be a blessing in disguise. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who's been in the pressure cooker seven years, likes to give this advice to new governors, only half jokingly: "demand a recount and hope you've lost." Four states where the post is losing its luster...
...Mike Zani, 33, a private equity investor and former professional sailor from Dallas, has met many of his closest friends through sailing, including several women. "Sharing that lifestyle really brings people together," he says. "In a sailing race, it doesn't matter if you get beaten by a female skipper. You treat that boat like any other boat...