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Hoping to quiet calls for his permanent removal as the result of an ethics investigation, Democratic Representative Charles Rangel of New York said on March 3 that he would temporarily step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. While the probe has already confirmed that Rangel violated congressional gift rules by going on two corporate-sponsored Caribbean trips, the list of additional allegations before the panel is a lengthy one, including tax violations involving his Dominican Republic home and the illegal use of a New York City apartment as a campaign office...
...Adding new ammunition to the debate over gun control, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments March 2 in McDonald v. Chicago, a case challenging the constitutionality of Chicago's handgun ban. If, as is expected, the Justices rule in favor of 76-year-old Otis McDonald--who says he fears for his safety without a gun--they could lay the groundwork for gun-control laws to be loosened across the country. Firearms account for about 30,000 deaths each year in the U.S. The city of Chicago maintains that its 28-year-old handgun ban saves hundreds of lives...
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...taken stabs at making westernish series, however. The excellent but short-lived Firefly, for instance, was essentially a western set in space. And now, with the terrific new drama Justified (which debuts March 16), FX and author Elmore Leonard have taken a crucial figure from westerns - the haunted lone gunslinger - and plopped him in 21st century Kentucky. (See the best TV shows of the decade...
...result is a new-style western that's both entertaining and as mesmerizing as Givens' cold-blooded speech to the crook with the scattergun: "I want you to understand. I don't pull my sidearm unless I'm going to shoot to kill. That's its purpose, huh? To kill. So that's how I use it." Givens is still figuring out his own purpose, and in the compelling character study of Justified, Leonard, Yost and Olyphant have fashioned quite a weapon. I can't wait to see how they...