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...probe into Ladner’s spending habits began when the Board of Trustees received an anonymous letter that accused Ladner and his wife, Nancy Bullard Ladner, of inappropriately billing the university for personal services and travel expenses. A similar letter sent to The Washington Post in late July provided examples of the alleged misuse of the university’s funds. According to the letter received by the Post, the Ladners charged the cost of their son’s engagement party, the services of a personal chef, vacations in Europe, and other various goods and services...
...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...
...takes freshmen girls to play a single game of beer pong (which they shouldn’t even be playing anyway—shame on them).The only plausible explanations for our silly nocturnal behavior involve youthful rebellion, or a culture of openness and experimentation. But once we probe the fallacies of these rationalizations, I hope that an 11 p.m. bedtime will seem a bit more appealing.Certainly staying up too late is one of the most time-honored affronts to authority. That’s why slumber parties were so great in grade school. We could eat horribly fattening food...
...feared that his government was setting him up in the murder of Hariri, with whom he had been on good terms; that he was a scapegoat sacrificed to address possible accusations against Syria in the report; or that he was killed, under the convenient cloak of the U.N. probe, to eliminate a rival to President Bashar Assad. The last theory, says Syria watcher and history professor Joshua Landis, "is the conclusion everyone is jumping...
...Funding for future exploration depends on the continuing success of missions such as Hayabusa. Unfortunately, JAXA announced last week that Hayabusa had developed steering trouble. For now, the probe is still being prepared for its critical descent next month. But JAXA engineers are under more pressure than ever to ensure this falcon will find its target and fly safely home...