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...prospect of sweeping health reform, however, has reopened the issue. While current versions of the legislation do not address the abortion issue at all, late last month, 19 antiabortion Democrats in the House sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warning that they "cannot support any health-care-reform proposal unless it explicitly excludes abortion from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health-insurance plan." Among those who signed the letter were two members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee (one of the three panels with principal jurisdiction in the health-reform effort): Bart Stupak of Michigan...
William O'Brien, a Hillel accountant contracted from New England financial management firm Insource Services, is accused of having "stolen significant sums of money through fraud" after Hillel discovered financial reporting irregularities in early 2008, according to a letter sent on Monday to the organization's student community from Hillel President and Director Bernard Steinberg and Chair of the Board of Directors Robert Beal. They wrote that Hillel immediately terminated the Insource contract after discovering the irregularities and has worked with the state Attorney General's office for over a year to investigate the parties responsible...
...their letter sent on Monday, Steinberg and Beal added that Hillel's attorneys are continuing to press civil suits to recover the stolen amounts and that a team of financial experts has been commissioned by Hillel to review the organization's financial procedures and protocols...
...would bring much needed funds to the region and the Italian government even promised there would be a basketball court where our very own president, Barack H. Obama, could shoot hoops after a long, stressful day of trying to solve the world’s problems. Each country sent a delegation to make sure the accommodations were up to safety standards and L’Aquila passed each and every test...
...Micheletti promised he would be arrested for treason. The ousted President said he would return home anyway, along with several other Latin American Presidents who have condemned the coup. Micheletti retorted that their plane would not be allowed to land. And then in the final and fatal exchange, Zelaya sent his supporters in the capital to peacefully take over the airport, and brashly flew into Honduran airspace...