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...Bush. Cheney isn't helped by the fact that Halliburton has benefited from the Iraq war he championed or that investigations of the company seem to multiply. The Justice Department last week launched a review into alleged bribes the company had flung around the globe in order to obtain foreign contracts. Cheney ran the company during part of the time frame covered by the probe, and his office, not surprisingly, isn't commenting. And last week's report that Cheney gave Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a ride on his plane as the two went off to hunt ducks...
...series The Reagans, although it claimed the cancellation was not caused by the pressure. This, combined with the network's apparent quid pro quo offer to Jessica Lynch--a host of Viacom deals in exchange for her story of capture in Iraq--and reports of a similar offer to obtain a Michael Jackson interview, has put CBS's credibility at a low point...
...HUPD officers were sent to Widener Library after hearing a report of a shot being fired. After a thorough check, officers were unable to find anything in the area of Widener Library. Library communications received a call from Sprint Relay, but were unable to obtain caller information through Sprint...
...stay in the U.S. permanently since one of the grounds for denying a F-1 temporary [student] visa is if the consular official determines that the student does not intend to return to his/her country.” Keeping with government policy, the HIO does not help international students obtain visas; in fact, they discourage...
Hoping to obtain a statement from an immigration official about the rationale behind the policy, I scoured the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services web page for a phone number. There was none. There was also no contact information for their Boston field office, and the only way I could actually talk to someone from there would be to show up between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m., Monday through Friday, and be prepared to wait several hours. Sorry, but I have Spanish section at 10, every day. Eventually obtaining a green card is well worth missing one section, but it seems...