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...removed from the law, and it was scaled back, restoring some discretion to caseworkers. A lawsuit claiming that 22 foster children in Florida were at the same or greater risk under state care as they were with their families because they suffered abuse in foster and group homes was thrown out by a judge in December but drew national publicity to the state's woes...
...Hill in late March. The Vice President dropped by a Senate Republican policy lunch soon after his 10-day tour of the Middle East--the one meant to drum up support for a U.S. military strike against Iraq. As everyone in the room well knew, his mission had been thrown off course by the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. But Cheney hadn't lost focus. Before he spoke, he said no one should repeat what he said, and Senators and staff members promptly put down their pens and pencils. Then he gave them some surprising news. The question was no longer...
...covering fire for the injured. Yoel crossed the room and tripped the wire of a booby trap; the explosion knocked him unconscious and set him on fire. Harazi, who had been protected from the blast by a pillar, was unhurt and ran to Yoel just as another bomb was thrown through a window. Shrapnel wounded Harazi in the legs and face, but he got out and ran 50 yds. back to the medic unit. "Eyal is lying in there burning!" he shouted to the medics. "There are a lot of others you need to rescue." But nine men caught...
Crockett has thrown over 120 pitches in complete game appearances in his last four starts. On April 20, Crockett threw 140 pitches in an 8-3 victory against Yale. On April 27, he struck out a Harvard single-game record 17 hitters in a 6-5 loss to Brown. Four days later, Crockett came on in relief to record the final two outs of a 13-12 thriller against Brown that, in hindsight, saved Harvard’s season. Last week, Crockett threw 125 pitches in a must-win 5-1 victory against Dartmouth...
Princeton scores by manufacturing runs. The Tigers have four players with double-digit stolen bases, and as a team they have only been thrown out six times in 55 attempts. Given both teams’ struggling offenses, the games should be low-scoring pitcher’s duels...