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...Well, we had a barge overturn up on the north end of the river last year that was about a three- or four-day emergency, and we had kids sheltered in place for hours and hours and hours and had to wait for the wind to shift so we would be permitted to take the buses in and get out as many children as we could before the wind pattern changed again. Amazing. I thought to myself, I didn't know when I took this job that I would be issued a hard hat and a gas mask...
...Lords are being asked to overturn a High Court ruling that Pinochet enjoys immunity for crimes allegedly committed as head of state. "The legal issues at stake here have global implications," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "The argument being presented is that a crime against humanity cannot enjoy immunity in any circumstances. Setting that precedent would pardon dictators from Idi Amin to Karadzic -- it even would have pardoned Hitler." Meanwhile, France, Switzerland and Sweden are all completing their own extradition requests. Take a number and stand in line...
...that goes, "Most great presidents have had affairs." Not the poll data showing that 6 in 10 Americans oppose impeachment. No, the argument that is convincing me that Clinton must stay in office is the procedural one: Congress should not, except in the rarest and clearest of circumstances, overturn the results of a fair and free election...
...about all the things that have kept a nation of political journalists busy since February. "Don't forget that in principle, everything should be off the record," says Branegan. "We shouldn't even know Monica Lewinsky's name." And since on Tuesday it was Starr who was seeking to overturn a sealed ruling by Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, it would seem that the ruling points the finger directly at Starr. On that subject, of course, Starr's spokesmen have been noticeably silent...
...poker the hottest issue in the state reflects in part a nationwide backlash against most forms of gambling: it's evident from Oklahoma, where voters in February overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to bring casino gambling to the state, to Michigan, where voters may have a chance this November to overturn a plan for three Detroit casinos. But much of the new resistance has focused on video gambling, which experts have called the crack cocaine of wagering because of its quick and deep hold on players. Four years ago, a statewide referendum in South Carolina showed lopsided support for video gambling...