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...before the Congressional hearings, Michael Battle, the Justice Department official who had made the telephone calls to dismiss six of the eight prosecutors, announced he was leaving his job. The Department described the sudden departure as long planned, having nothing to do with the controversial terminations he had been required to carry out. But Democrats immediately questioned that version of events. Said Linda Sanchez, a California Democrat: "The wheels are coming off the Bush Administration's increasingly hollow defense of its decision...
Flowers and candles left on the sidewalk normally signify the mourning of sudden death by violence or accident. But in Copenhagen's Norrebro district, this week, they marked the passing of a controversial, 25-year old refuge for rebellious young malcontents that has improbably become a cause celebre across Europe...
...resignation on Monday had already increased the questions surrounding the case. Michael Battle, the Justice Department official who made the telephone calls to dismiss six of the eight prosecutors in early December, said he was leaving his job. The Department of Justice issued a statement that described his sudden departure as long planned, having nothing to do with the controversial terminations he had to carry out. Battle, the DOJ said, had played no role in the White House-approved decision to get rid of the federal prosecutors, but had merely made the calls...
...seed, took third at 133 lb.After winning the first three bouts, he came up against second-seeded Adam Frey of Cornell and lost in overtime, 9-7.Losing by four going into the final period, Preston made a comeback to tie the match at seven going into the sudden victory round, where Frey won the match after scoring a takedown.“I had a pretty tough weight class,” Preston said. “I thought I wrestled well in the semifinals, but I couldn’t pull it off in overtime...
...generating in his lower body was being frittered away when it reached his torso. The solution? A shorter backswing that would allow him to compensate for his torso stiffness and maintain the power generated by his hips. "It was like a lightbulb turned on," McPhee says. "All of a sudden I was more solid on the ball, got a lot more compression and speed--and it happened immediately within the first couple of shots I tried...