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Tonight's bombing raid came as the world's media clustered in Colombo to cover what many expected to be the end of a conflict that began in earnest in 1983. The Army contends that it has cornered the LTTE in a shrinking patch of territory around Mullativu on the northeastern coast. With this attack - using a do-it-yourself plane and a couple of bombs - the whole city was plunged into darkness (the power was cut) and fear, as tracer bullets and anti-aircraft fire punctured the sky. With two planes down, this might be the last sortie from...
...during the press conference, Franco took his own jab at the Pudding, saying he was never in “The X Files,” despite its listing on his Internet Movie Database profile. Over the course of the roast, Franco was forced to don an eye patch, purple high heels, a blonde wig, and a sparkling golden bra shaped like a pineapple, before he was presented with the traditional Pudding Pot. “I couldn’t ask for anything more,” Franco said after receiving the Pudding...
...thorny patch of troubles indeed. And one that properly belongs on the President's desk, with help from his duly constituted Cabinet. It's one thing to be a czar in America; it's quite another to be the boss...
...Tomorrow Harvard will look to avenge this loss on its home ice. A lot has changed since the previous matchup of the two. No. 6 Cornell climbed the national rankings and became one of the country’s elite teams, while Harvard hit a bit of a rough patch. Since the Cornell game, Harvard compiled a record of 1-11-3. The Beanpot, however, showed signs of resurgence and the Crimson’s ability to rise in rivalry games. In two thrilling contests, Harvard barely fell to No. 1 Boston University and No. 15 Boston College. Despite Harvard?...
...write off recent losses, and a home-buyers' credit of $15,000 was reduced to $8,000. A provision to help car buyers write off their interest payments was also reduced, to $2 billion from $11 billion. The bill does include a $70 billion annual Alternative Minimum Tax relief patch to prevent millions of middle-class Americans from getting penalized by a measure that was originally targeted at the rich. Reid on Wednesday boasted that the measure will cut taxes for 95% of workers, though the final agreement trimmed Obama's proposed tax rebates of $500 a year for individuals...