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...Family and being from the area were important to me,” Jay said. “Maybe the labor situation [and the possibility of an NHL lockout] did have a minor effect, but mostly it was just a great opportunity...
When Hassan Butt, a 24-year-old British Pakistani, enters a curry restaurant in Manchester, an industrial city in northern England, he is greeted as a minor celebrity, the other diners nodding and smiling at him. He is the former Lahore spokesman for al-Muhajiroun, an extremist group based in Britain. Since his falling-out with the group, the British-born Butt has had his passports impounded and is under surveillance. "I would fit into being called a radical, and one day, God willing, even to be called a terrorist, if Allah permits me," Butt says. "This is something...
...decide how to vote," says Ray Fair, a Yale University professor who has made a name for himself predicting presidential elections using economic indicators. And so when the government announced Friday that 144,000 jobs had been added in August, both candidates jumped. Bush crowed to supporters at a minor league baseball stadium in Pennsylvania that the new jobs proved "our growing economy is spreading prosperity and opportunity." The John Kerry camp, meanwhile, argued that the number didn't even keep up with population growth. Said the Democratic challenger: "Bush is now certain to be the first President since Herbert...
...side of the screen. The power button is on the back. The speakers are hidden on the bottom, designed to bounce sound off your desk. Throw in the optional Bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse, and the whole thing needs only one cable, the power cord. A minor gripe is that those don't come as standard; nor does Apple's wireless Internet card, the Airport. Who wouldn't want to do everything wirelessly with a computer like this...
...felony charge of child endangerment for driving under the influence with her kids in the car. However disturbing the conviction, it paled next to allegations that she had sexually abused two of the children, or, in the unforgettable words of the court, "committed a lewd act upon a minor," charges that, with little fanfare, were later dropped. Poundstone regained custody of her children after a court-ordered six-month stay in a rehab center, but she remains on probation and is required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous...