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...experts disagree about whether any laws were violated. But Gingrich's attempt to plead ignorance of the law rings hollow, particularly coming from one of the nation's top lawmakers. Also, GOPAC memos show that in 1990 attorneys warned against using charitable funds for politics. The IRS is reportedly conducting its own probe; proven violations could bring fines and jail time...
...life: drugs, drinking, and, worst of all, staying up late. Though I initially ridiculed the comparison, I now acknowledge that his emphasis couldn’t have been better placed.I’ve never had a problem with the first evil, and I’ll have to plead the Fifth on the second, but late bedtimes have been the bane of my existence since freshmen year. And certainly this humble, yet irritable and reactionary columnist is not the only one confounded by this difficulty.Trucking along until the wee hours is one of the few things we students have...
...Authority's 30,000 police and soldiers in the Gaza Strip say they lack the capacity to disarm such groups. In an open show of their frustration, 50 police officers fired guns in the air and interrupted a meeting of the Palestinian parliament in Gaza City last week to plead for more firepower. Some Palestinians fear that Gaza is descending into violent anarchy. "It's a Mafia situation," says Saeb al-Ajez, who resigned as chief of Palestinian police in February to protest the lawlessness. "Law is cast aside. Everyone wants to show his muscles...
...federal corruption probe, the Cook County Republican Party had gone so far as to offer a $10,000 reward to anyone who could provide information leading to the conviction of the mayor himself, and suddenly he seemed a bit like a wounded animal, ready to lash out or, alternatively, plead for sympathy. "It was deeply offensive to me [and] my family," he told reporters after a city council meeting last week, his eyes tearing up and his face turning red. "I understand that things get really dirty and ugly and messy, but this crosses the line." In an exclusive interview...
...having Scrushy take the stand to plead ignorance...