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WITHDRAWN. A guilty plea to a felony tax charge, by LEA FASTOW, whose spouse will spend 10 years in prison for his role in the Enron megafraud; in Houston. Fastow reneged after a judge said he would not abide by a plea bargain that called for her to spend only five months in jail, a deal designed to ensure that their children would have at least one parent at home. Her trial is scheduled for June...
...often hear the word used, typically in the maligned politician’s plea that his absurd-sounding quote was “taken out of context.” Watch TV news, and you may begin to feel like the whole election is out of context, and it’s going to be up to the voter to put it all together. The very structure of television media minimizes context, since only the skeleton of a story can survive the cutting that it takes to reduce a complex issue into a two minute “package?...
...transfixed the French ever since. Defense lawyers asked the Vilnius court to accept a plea of guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of four years. The trial was attended by relatives and former partners of both Cantat and Trintignant. Cantat's ex-wife testified that her former husband was a "gentle man" who had never been violent. But Trintignant's mother, movie director Nadine Trintignant, told the court Cantat was a "murderer" and that she did not believe his expressions of regret. The judges will hear a final statement from Cantat this week. Special...
...were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, it altered the course of his research—ultimately, it would change Melton’s life. Since the diagnoses, Melton has become one of Harvard’s most public academics. In 1999, he testified before the Senate, making a personal plea for approval of stem-cell research. This November, he developed a semi-subversive program to push his research forward despite government embargos. And in March, Harvard announced Melton would be co-director of a multi-million dollar center for stem cell research based at the University...
...Tallahassee’s concept grows tired at times—one wonders in just how many ways this relationship can be described, but the arch to the album is successfully completed with the blithe closer “Alpha Rats’ Nest,” a hopeful plea for a happy perpetuation of this love/hate relationship...