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TOKYO: Japan came to a halt Wednesday as people across the country turned their attention to a Tokyo courtroom where the cult leader accused of masterminding last year's deadly subway nerve gas attack went on trial. Aum Shinrikyo cult leader Shoko Asahara did not enter a plea to charges he killed 11 people and injured more than 3,700 in last March's attack. Public interest in Japan's "trial of the century" is intense as more than 15,000 people lined up before dawn for a lottery awarding the 48 seats available to the public. Even though there...
Even in disgrace, Dan Rostenkowski, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has managed to leave his influential imprint. During two years of aggressive court challenges that led up to Rostenkowski's plea bargain last week, his lawyers blazed a trail of legal precedents that could significantly benefit future suspected congressional culprits. One decision makes it more difficult to prosecute breaches of less-than-crystal-clear congressional rules; it has already been used to throw out charges against former Ohio Representative Mary Rose Oakar for writing bad checks to the now defunct House bank. Another Rosty precedent...
...plays on two, adds shading and sophistication. These are songs that hit a little harder than the typical Top 40 tune: the clever I Hung My Head, with its commanding horns and elevating keyboard work, tells the story of an accidental shooting, and could also be read as a plea for gun control; I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying is a countryish tune that clomps along with a steady beat but is also a well-observed look at a divorced man dealing with the fact that he has lost custody of his kids. Indeed, most of Mercury...
...lyrics are smart but not self-consciously cerebral. These are songs that hit a little harder than the typical Top 40 tune: the clever 'I Hung My Head,' with its commanding horns and elevating keyboard work, tells the story of an accidental shooting, and could also be read as plea for gun control; 'I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying' is a countryish tune that clomps along like John Wayne's horse but is also a well-observed look at a divorced man dealing with the fact that he has lost custody of his kids...
COOLIO Gangsta's Paradise wins rap award with antiviolence plea, repeated in hip acceptance...