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...White House plans to take the high road in selling Sotomayor to the public. They will point to her résumé, her previous Senate confirmation and her impeccable credentials to make a case for her. Obama's aides are so confident in the political pluses of this pick that some of them would welcome attempts by fringe conservatives to come after her. A few would even like liberals to attack her as insufficiently committed to their causes...
...After the meeting, Finance Minister Kudrin said the government was drafting a new GDP forecast of its own that would "take into account all anti-crisis measures, which means the plunge will be greater" than previous estimates. He added that he expects inflation of around 13% this year...
...landmark skyscraper, in 2006. Ringleader Narseal Batiste, who was captured on tape swearing allegiance to al-Qaeda and threatening to "kill all the devils," faces up to 70 years in prison. He was the only suspect convicted on all charges--one was fully acquitted and one exonerated in a previous trial--in a protracted case that some experts said lacked convincing evidence. Defense lawyers vowed to appeal the convictions...
...member of the organization. “We really hoped that getting Drew Faust to publicly support the DREAM Act would encourage other university presidents to do so.” Faust’s stance on this issue is not unprecedented at Harvard, as the University has supported previous versions of the legislation, Harvard’s chief lobbyist Kevin Casey said. Now that the bill has been reintroduced under the Obama administration, Casey said that Faust thought it an “opportune” time to “reconnect” with members of Congress...
...high expectations for Young reflect his previous successes leading school districts in Newton, Lexington, and Lynnfield. But in Cambridge, the Harvard-trained educator with a passion for English literature will be confronted with challenges unlike those he has seen in his three decade career: how to educate an extraordinarily diverse student population while simultaneously navigating the politics of an urban school district...