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...Deficit Reduction Act seeks to curb the unsustainable growth rate of mandatory programs that are set to consume 62 percent of our total federal budget in the next decade if left unchecked,” said Rep. Adam H. Putnam, R—Fla, according to the Associated Press...
...circuit is called the "white circus." Italian ski legend Alberto Tomba (La Bomba) kept the tabloids busy with his evening exploits. "If any of the sponsors didn't know what they were in for, that this is a part of the package, shame on them," says a Nike rep. According to Miller's agent, Miller just inked the biggest deal ever for a skier, with equipment maker Atomic. He also endorses Barilla pasta, among other products, the income from which provided enough money for him to buy a 600-acre farm in New Hampshire. To the Swoosh folks, who love...
...Dellinger, a Duke professor who authored the friend of the court brief signed by 40 HLS professors supporting universities’ right to bar military recruiters from campus. Tribe, in a separate but similar letter sent three days earlier to the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., denounced the domestic spying program in even more forceful terms. “The presidential program of surveillance at issue here is a violation of the separation of powers,” Tribe wrote in that letter. “[It is] as grave an abuse...
...California Republican who pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to taking $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors?wore a wire to aid the Justice Department investigation just before his plea. The FBI is still probing defense contractors, and a private-sector source says Cunningham was wired while meeting a rep from at least one firm, possibly to get dirt on other members of Congress. An FBI spokesman wouldn't comment but quoted a higher-up: "Like I'd tell...
...uptown Manhattan during rehearsals for Pan Asian Rep's Cambodia Agonistes, conductor and composer Jack Jarrett, 71, taps a key on his laptop to tweak the tempo for the dancers. Looking bohemian in a black turtleneck and wire-rimmed specs, Jarrett's doing his musical director thing. Back home in Greensboro, N.C., he's got another job--as vice president of R&D for software start-up VirtuosoWorks...