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...even the Vice President is playing: in July, George Bush paid the IRS $198,000 in back taxes and interest, and he is planning to sue, if necessary, to get his money back. "I'm the guy that's been taken to the cleaners," Bush said last week. The payment to the IRS represents close to 10% of his net worth...
...outcome of the case could go a long way toward deciding whether public figures can ever recover for libel. If Westmoreland wins, the victory will spur other public figures to sue. The press could be so deluged that the First Amendment freedom would mean little. If Westmoreland loses, many public officials may conclude that they have no recourse against an unbridled press...
...Supreme Court gave sweeping protection to the press in New York Times vs. Sullivan. To "encourage robust debate," the high court so broadened the definition of libel that journalists were given license to say almost anything they wanted about public officials (but not about private citizens). In order to sue successfully for libel, a public official had to prove "actual malice," which the court defined as reporting that was known to be false or showed a "reckless disregard" for the truth. In the wake of the Sullivan decision, judges initially threw out cases involving public figures before they...
Landry continued to be frustrated in her hot pursuit of the all-time Harvard career scoring record of 148 points set by Sue St. Louis from 1977-1980. Landry is two points short of the mark, and hopes to reach it on Sunday when the booters travel to New York for a doubleheader against Adelphi and Villanova...
Held in contempt of court, Robinson was arrested, then released and given a hero's welcome at his office. The sheriff trades heavily on his good ole boy charm, stumping hard in rural areas and bellowing, "The Republicans can call me a cowboy, or they can call me Sue, but they are fixin' to get a tiger in their tails like they've never had before...