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...indeed become a lay missionary (assisting in a Billy Graham campaign) and spent about a year back at Peabody, to take credits for a Master's degree she never achieved. Fact is, though, her life was much more stable when she was posing for the Klaws' bondage films than it would be in the service of the Lord. In the decade after she left New York, Bettie was wed three times: to the teenager Armond Walterson, again to Billy Neal and finally to Harry Lear, a lineman for Florida Bell. Each marriage ended in divorce. But that was the least...
...Fitzpatrick "saw Bettie in the back seat, with her dress pulled up, panties around her knees, masturbating with a coat hanger that the officer had left" there. His report: "defendant psycho." Assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges were dropped after she recommitted herself to Jackson Memorial, where she spent six months, part of it under a suicide watch...
...Instead of coming together to craft a plan to stave off bankruptcy, the parties in both chambers and on each end of Pennsylvania Avenue spent the day moving further apart. Even as Senate Dems and the White House met to fashion a workable compromise, Senate Republicans made clear that they weren't on board with President Bush - and that they were none too happy he was putting them in this uncomfortable position. To complicate matters, House Dems moved more to the left in their environmental demands for the plan, a luxury Speaker Nancy Pelosi could afford since her large majority...
...using the money to make loans. "American taxpayers need to know that their money is having a tangible effect on improving financial stability, credit availability, and the economy as a whole," the oversight board wrote. "Treasury needs to provide a detailed assessment of whether the funds it has spent so far have had any effect - for better or worse - in these areas...
...animals living in the wild, nature plays for keeps. A life spent battling predators, famine, disease and the elements may be an independent one, but it can also be a very short one. That, at least, is the case zoos and wildlife parks often make when they contend that protective captivity may be a boon for many animals, particularly species that are endangered or threatened. But when it comes to at least one big and beloved creature, a new study suggests that a zoo might be the least safe place in the world...