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SENTENCED In the aftermath of last year's milk-contamination scandal in China--at least six children were killed and 300,000 sickened--two men, Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping, were sentenced to death on Jan. 22 for their involvement in the affair...
...brand of cynicism that we are otherwise not allowed to express in the Era of Hope. You can lecture Blagojevich, hound him, mock him without offense. He is America's most unifying politician: a figure we can all get behind (to kick), in a good old-fashioned influence-peddling scandal...
...drive and her risk-taking in the early years of Mattel." The dream went sour for Handler, though. First, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then, at 62, she became a convicted felon after filing false financial reports. She was forced out of her company because of the scandal. Still, by the end of her life in 2002, she was celebrated by a new generation of working women who forgave her transgressions. "Ruth personified her own ideal for Barbie," says Gerber, "a woman who defied convention and culture to realize her dreams...
...speak on the record. Wrote Breedlove: "I'm scared. If the story goes to print without me saying anything, I'm worried I will look like a scumbag. If I do say anything, then Sam's fate is in my hands." (Read a 1956 TIME story about another scandal in Portland...
...cast of the scandal in Portland, Ore., has a certain ring to it: Sam Adams. Bob Ball. Beau Breedlove and his dog Lolita ... "Everyone has porn names!" says Mark Wiener with a laugh. "Until yesterday, it had never occurred to me that the worst offending name was mine." Wiener (pronounced Wee-ner) is one of Oregon's most influential political consultants and a former - and now disheartened - campaign adviser to the protagonist in this political soap opera. That would be Sam Adams, the new mayor of Portland and the first openly gay man to lead a major American city. Then...