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...Once again, Gretzky responded to questions about his possible link to a gambling ring allegedly financed by his assistant coach with the Phoenix Coyotes, Rick Tocchet. New Jersey authorities have accused Tocchet, a New Jersey state trooper and another New Jersey man with running the multimillion-dollar operation. Gretzky's wife Janet is reported to have waggered more than $100,000 on football games through the ring. Gretzky indicated that he did not know about Janet's alleged sports gambling. "I've said what I said a week ago ? I'm not involved, and quite frankly, it's the last...
...family, which still owns and operates the factory, agreed with the EPA that its factory "opacity," or the amount of light blocked by emissions, was too high. They turned on a newly installed filter system in January, although they have yet to receive a final OK from the EPA. Rick Blommer has tried to stay out of the fray. "I'm just going to make chocolate," he says. Skinner can only wish that everyone was as even-keeled about the controversy. As he puts it, "we do feel a bit like the Grinch...
...policy views, and taking a two-week trip to Africa that includes stops in Kenya, where some of his relatives live, and Sudan. He's also hoping to push Democrats toward reaching out to religious voters. Obama will give several speeches on the subject, and has been talking to Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor who wrote the best-selling book "The Purpose Driven Life," which Obama just finished reading. Here are more of the Illinois Senator's thoughts and insights, from a pair of interviews with TIME earlier this month...
...does it do foreign policy? The prospect of an Afghan trip says more about Harper than about his approach to international affairs. At the defense briefing, he peppered Chief of the Defense Staff Rick Hillier and other officials with questions about what Canada's projected 2,200-strong force in Afghanistan needed to do its job. "He wanted to know how it could become more efficient, what sort of equipment was necessary to keep the troops safe," reports a Harper adviser. A prime ministerial photo op with troops in the field would help establish Harper's credentials as a national...
...Games in a manner similar to that of the Sal?-Pelletier figure-skating-judging scandal in Salt Lake City four years ago. According to press reports, Gretzky's wife Janet Jones bet more than $100,000 on football games through a New Jersey-based bookie ring allegedly financed by Rick Tocchet, Gretzky's assistant coach with the Phoenix Coyotes and good friend. Another report alleged that police wiretaps had caught Gretzky discussing the scandal with Tocchet. Gretzky has denied wrongdoing: "I did nothing ... that has to do with anything along the lines of betting...