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...could easily infect people. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns recently told reporters, "It would be almost biblical to think we would be protected." Then there was Robert Webster, the noted flu virologist from St. Jude Children's Research Center, who said on national television Tuesday night that he had a three-month supply of food and water in his house in case bird flu becomes a serious human pandemic...
...fabricating parts of his 2003 book, A Million Little Pieces. "I really feel duped," said Winfrey, who chose the memoir for her book club, boosting it to last year's second-best-selling title. After thesmokinggun.com revealed that key details in the book--like Frey's claim of a three-month prison stay--never happened, Winfrey stood by him, calling in to Larry King Live days later to offer support. But after two weeks of considering, Winfrey changed her mind. She made Frey squirm and squirm and then brought on guests to make him squirm some more. "You betrayed millions...
...backroom haggling and front-and-center rhetoric over the Act's extension went on right up to the end. Earlier in the week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist declined an offer made by Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy of the Judiciary Committee to enact a three-month extension of the law to buy time for further negotiations. In the last few days, the White House dispatched Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to address the Senate Republicans' policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. But he failed to convince key Senators, such as Republicans Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa...
...hours and wages. Outsourced workers do not receive the same benefits as direct employees. Direct employees can receive childcare allowances and short-term disability leave if, for example, they need to care for a newborn. Outsourced workers are not eligible for this benefit. An outsourced worker who takes a three-month leave to have a baby will not be compensated.Some outsourced workers do not receive healthcare benefits at all. Recently, Harvard hired Andrades Cleaning to provide janitorial workers. Seven Andrades employees are assigned 15 hours of work a week, an interesting number of hours to assign given that only...
...Clinton last week: ''We were clearly losing money, and we never knew, until obviously the accountant closed the books out, exactly how much we had lost.'' Whether the Clintons actually lost their entire investment, however, remains in dispute. In recent weeks the Justice Department has been stepping up a three-month- old investigation into Madison Guaranty's collapse. One question that investigators want answered is whether the failed thrift received favorable