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...final entry in Leong’s relatively thin case file comes abruptly, less than half a year after he was arrested. It’s a nolle prosequi filing by prosecutors, an order announcing their decision to suspend prosecution. According to Twohig, the Commonwealth’s decision is a common one for situations in which the defendant is “clearly delusional” and the remaining charges are minor...
...majority of Harvard’s schools suspend classes and other business on Sept. 11 after the morning’s terrorist attacks, though many remain partially open to provide the community with a gathering place. In the evening, more than 3,000 gather in front of Memorial Church for a University-wide vigil. Harvard follows the lead of most professional and collegiate teams and cancels all of its intercollegiate athletic contests through the weekend...
...third and final outbreak occurred in Kirkland House in early November. In an attempt to isolate the spread of the infection, the College University officials decided to ban all interhouse dining, remove possible carrier foods from salad bars, provide only plastic utensils in certain Houses and suspend the hiring of all temporary employees in the dining halls...
...Halliburton faces continuing accusations of overcharging and poor management. In May, the Army decided to suspend (for the second time) $159.5 million it owed KBR for running 64 dining halls across Iraq--the latest in a series of disputed bills and erroneous cost estimates. Representative Henry Waxman, a senior Democratic member of the House Government Reform Committee, says military contractors in Iraq don't have enough competition or oversight to keep them honest. "This is a great deal for Halliburton and Bechtel, but it's an absolutely horrendous arrangement for the taxpayer," says Waxman, who calls it "a recipe...
...last year, the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR)—a network of 20 law schools—took Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to court in an effort to suspend enforcement of the Solomon Amendment...