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Fifty-three days after announcing a tentative agreement, the Giants and Bonds completed a contract Monday with a most unusual provision. It says, in essence, that the team can void the deal if Bonds is indicted "for any criminal act" specified in the contract, according to the Associated Press, and...
Bonds is widely suspected of having misled a federal grand jury in 2003 when he allegedly denied knowingly using steroids. The San Francisco Chronicle disclosed evidence supposedly showing that Bonds intentionally took the drugs, and the contract provision is designed to protect the Giants in case prosecutors pursue charges of...
That may be all well and good, but Bond's agent, Jeff Borris, apparently doesn't think the provision is enforceable. He told the AP that the collective bargaining agreement between baseball and the players would override the deal between Bonds and the Giants. He's right about the agreement...
To eliminate these abuses, the marriage fraud act creates a two-year "conditional" permanent residency status for aliens who marry Americans. The foreign spouse must report to the INS for a second interview after the trial period; only then does the Government issue final approval. In another provision of the...
Ormond-King says the death rate has declined in Basra, Iraq's second largest city, with a population of some 1.5 million; in the past six months, the provision of electricity has increased to up to 18 hours a day; and there are signs of a nascent economy (part of...