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...such efforts fail, there's little for the crew to do but watch the pirates use grappling hooks and rope ladders to climb aboard and take them hostage. "The crews [of the captured ships] are not exorbitantly large," Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday. (That's an understatement: the supertanker's crew of 25 runs a ship three times the size of a Nimitz-class U.S. carrier, which is manned by 3,200 sailors, not including the 2,500 responsible for flying and maintaining its aircraft.) "So once they have access," Mullen added, "they...
State senator Mike Flood, speaker of Nebraska's unicameral legislature, introduced a bill on Friday to change the law to cover newborns up to three days old only. He expects a debate on whether to expand coverage for the first year of a child's life, which some states do. "We'll be looking at the bigger issues next year," he promised. "Mental illness, the behavioral-health workforce, caseworker loads...
...troops by the end of 2011 represent a significant retreat for a Bush Administration that has long opposed setting a timetable for withdrawal. And it also poses a challenge for the U.S. military. Despite the agreement on a timetable for withdrawal, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, on Monday stressed he still wants U.S. troops withdrawn only when security conditions warrant...
...Gang of 14 - or what's left of it, now that Republicans John Warner, Mike DeWine and Lincoln Chafee have all either retired or lost their re-election bids - came into existence in the spring of 2005 to prevent the far wings of the two parties from blowing up the Senate over several of President George W. Bush's judicial appointments. Senate Republicans wanted to use an arcane rule to effectively overcome, and therefore destroy, the filibuster. "While Presidents come and go every four to eight years, judges could be there 20 to 30 years. More and more decisions...
...quarter, the Quakers offense came to life. Statistically among the worst units in the Ivy League, Penn’s offense marched 74 yards on 12 plays behind third-string quarterback Keiffer Garton, who started because of injuries to the Quakers’ starter and backup. Penn running back Mike DiMaggio’s 1-yard plunge made it 17-7, and the rally was on. A quick three-and-out for the Crimson was followed by the longest play for the moribund Quakers offense all season, as Garton took a quarterback draw 63 yards for a touchdown, shriveling...