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Obviously, Hayes isn't sure exactly how ACT is working in all those cases, but he believes it has something to do with learning to see our struggles-even seizures-as integral and valid parts of our lives. Recently, a San Francisco patient in ACT therapy e-mailed a plea for help to Hayes. "Just HOW I do that (live a valued, meaningful life) in the midst of disabling and oppressive private experience (anxiety, depression, lack of energy, inertia) is not clear to me. Does one just say the hell with it I will CHOOSE to live, to get into...
Carter ended with a plea for his new group, Innocence International, which he said will expose abuses and wrongful convictions in justice systems across the world...
That electronic exchange, a record of which was reviewed by TIME, is among the evidence that Republican Congressman Bob Ney of Ohio accepted favors from Abramoff and Scanlon as part of an alleged quid pro quo--a charge to which the business partners each recently confessed in larger plea deals. While the plea agreements spell out various gifts, campaign donations and junkets that Abramoff and Scanlon say they provided to Ney in return for "official acts," the e-mails present in one place the specific elements of a swap that Abramoff has told investigators was prearranged and explicitly reciprocal, according...
...indictments and plea agreements later, the political landscape has shifted mightily, and Boehner is seeking to replace DeLay by running for majority leader as Mr. Clean, an outsider bent on shaking up the system that superlobbyist Jack Abramoff mastered and that then snarled him and, so far, mainly the Republican Party in scandal. "Boehner Outlines Plan for Reform, Renewal and Changing the Status Quo," blared a statement Boehner issued less than 48 hours after DeLay announced he would not seek re-election to the House's No. 2 post. "We're kind of stuck in neutral, and we need...
...with while wearing a wire? The speculation is making members of Congress nervous. As TIME.com reported last week, Cunningham?the California Republican who pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to taking $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors?wore a wire to aid the Justice Department investigation just before his plea. The FBI is still probing defense contractors, and a private-sector source says Cunningham was wired while meeting a rep from at least one firm, possibly to get dirt on other members of Congress. An FBI spokesman wouldn't comment but quoted a higher-up: "Like I'd tell...