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...Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, echoed those concerns, arguing that pursuing restitution by other means was preferable. House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel also opposed using the tax code "as a political weapon" until the Speaker sat on him to write the legislation passed Thursday in the House. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended his measure, saying that by expanding the pool of bonus recipients to all institutions that have received $100 million from the government, the legislation would likely survive judicial challenge. "We've pushed the constitutional question pretty hard with constitutional experts...
...marauding militia. And he has broken with al Shabaab, formerly the militant wing of the ICU and the main Islamist force in Somalia. That last prompted more extreme ICU leaders, such as Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, to denounce him - a condemnation seemingly endorsed by bin Laden's on Thursday. (See pictures of the modern face of Somali piracy...
Nobody wants a death threat from Osama bin Laden. Still, Thursday's release of an audio message from the al-Qaeda supremo calling for Somalis to overthrow their new President, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, may be taken as a compliment in the world's most failed state. In an 11-minute message focused entirely on Somalia and entitled "Fight on, champions of Somalia," bin Laden claimed Sheik Sharif's appointment, which came after he was elected by Somali lawmakers on Jan. 31, was "induced by the American envoy in Kenya," a reference to the U.S. ambassador in Nairobi, Michael Ranneberger...
...Michelin-starred restaurants doesn't normally involve being violently ill afterwards. So ever since 400 diners at British chef Heston Blumenthal's famed Fat Duck restaurant reported symptoms like nausea and diarrhea in mid-February, food connoisseurs have been keen to know what - or who - to blame. On Thursday, Blumenthal revealed the likely culprit: the highly contagious Norwalk virus, commonly known as norovirus...
...categorically not food poisoning," the celebrity chef told Australia's Hospitality magazine after arriving in Melbourne for a food and wine festival on Thursday. Extensive testing by public health authorities of the Berkshire, England, restaurant - including more than 200 tests on food preparation, 80 swabs of the kitchen, and tests on all 45 chefs - ruled out any hygiene concerns. However, Blumenthal said that three staff and five customers have tested positive for norovirus. (See pictures from the 2009 Bocuse d'Or cooking competition...