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More recently, Bird Shippers of America launched a campaign against airlines that had qualms about shipping birds in the extreme heat or cold. In 2006, in a petition to Congress, the group noted with outrage that some airlines “refused shipments of day-old chicks when temperatures reach...
Several residents drew parallels between the current petition and the zoning variance—a one-time exception to zoning laws—granted last month to Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc, a developer that plans to build biotechnology labs in East Cambridge.
Sean D. Hope, and attorney who has done outreach for Beal Companies for the past 8 months, emphasized to the assembly that the current petition was only before the council as a preliminary step and said he would continue to attend meetings with residential groups.
In Milwaukee, Archbishop Dolan got generally good marks in a difficult situation. His predecessor, Archbishop Rembert Weakland, was forced out after it was revealed that the archdiocese had paid a $450,000 settlement to a man who claimed that Weakland tried to sexually assault him. Weakland admitted an "inappropriate relationship...
While Hong Kong maintains strict rules against money laundering, the Mugabes, it appears, have established themselves here with little trouble. Bona Mugabe, the dictator's 20-year-old daughter, is allegedly enrolled at Hong Kong's City University. (Mugabe's relatives have been barred entry at schools in the West...