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...Justice Department, earned a reputation as a relatively moderate legal thinker when serving there as a senior official in the Clinton Administration. That concerns some civil libertarians. "If you leave these on the books, you leave a bunch of loaded guns that future Presidents and agency heads can pull out and shoot when they want to," says Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union...
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. And seniors Evan Harris and Drew Housman came off the bench to deliver in big ways, as they helped Harvard pull away in the final minutes to defeat Holy Cross 69-59 last night...
...second, Housman and Harris made their presences felt in the final exhilarating moments. Harris blocked two shots in the final minute as Holy Cross was desperate to narrow the margin, emphatically swatting away the second one. Housman keyed Harvard’s pull-away, finding junior guard Jeremy Lin for a three-pointer to make it 56-52 with under five minutes left, then fed freshman guard Max Kenyi for another three two minutes later to give the team a double-digit lead at 63-53. Following a Crusader basket on the next possession, the guard came back, driving...
...stressed state. The cost of credit-default swaps that protect investors from losing money on Citi's bonds skyrocketed, signaling a lack of confidence in the bank's ability to survive. Bankruptcy rumors circulated, and fears grew that people doing business with Citi - including its retail banking customers - would pull their money. At that point, regulators felt they had no other option but to step...
...from Saks two years ago. Even powerhouse Dillard's, with stores spread across 29 states, is raising anxiety owing to weakening sales, down 10% for the quarter. In early November, Standard & Poor's lowered its corporate credit rating of Dillard's to B+ from BB-, citing the "deepening spending pull-back by consumers." Adding to the drama, hedge-fund investors Barington Capital Group LP and Clinton Group Inc. called for William Dillard II, the chain's CEO, to step down amid declining revenue and a stock price that has lost more than 70% of its value. The good news: "They...