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Lawrence Walsh's probe of the Iran-contra allegations ratcheted up the debate about the statute because he spent so much time and money on the job. Walsh was the first independent counsel to conduct a wide-ranging and costly ($47 million) investigation. It resulted in seven guilty pleas and...
EVEL KNIEVEL once fractured his skull and pelvis jumping over fountains at Caesar's Palace. Last week his leg was injured when his parked motorcycle fell over and pinned him to the ground. Knievel, 60, was rescued by neighbors who heard his pleas for help. Though he complained of leg...
Town Manager Kenneth Knight determined that the municipal code prohibited only the display of genitalia or the committing of sexual acts in public. Because breasts are not technically genitalia, and mowing the lawn is not technically a sexual act, Thompson's pleas for justice were rebuffed (no pun intended).
Official reports said that both men entered not-guilty pleas at the time of the arraignment and will maintain their innocence heading into the trials.
Lew, Woo and Ida K. Chen, judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, discussed how they were able to succeed in politics, a field that traditionally has not attracted a great deal of Chinese-American involvement.