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...Obama’s choice to personally send him to the G-20, he was “exceptionally impressed with the economic team that Sen. Obama has put together which includes Larry Summers.” Reflecting an opinion that President Bush also expressed in a speech last Thursday, economics professor Kenneth S. Rogoff said in an interview, “Anyone looking to the G-20 this weekend for salvation wasn’t going to find anything in the way of immediate change.” Though the leaders did not develop a concrete plan to solve...
...gathered on Friday in a special session to fix the safe-haven law. The day before, three more kids were abandoned at Omaha hospitals, bringing the total to 34 since mid-September, shortly after the law was passed. A 5-year-old boy was left by his mother on Thursday night; two teenage girls, 14 and 17, were dropped off earlier the same day. The older girl ran away from the ER before authorities could arrive. And a Florida man traveled from Miami to drop off his 11-year-old boy earlier this week. (See Pictures of the Week...
...ability that makes her a role model even as a freshman. She’s going to be integral to our success.”“I didn’t sense any nervousness at all from her,” Markley added. Harvard returns to action Thursday evening at Holy Cross. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Worcester. —Staff writer Emily W. Cunningham can be reached at ecunning@fas.harvard.edu...
...issue was a lawsuit Franken filed on Thursday in Ramsey County District Court seeking to obtain the names of voters whose absentee ballots were rejected. The Franken campaign hopes to submit the ballots to the State Canvassing Board for consideration; it sued after Ramsey County officials asserted that the data was private. Knaak insisted that by suing, the Franken campaign is violating the privacy of voters. Barr in turn argued the Franken campaign simply wants to ensure that every vote is counted. A judge is expected to issue a ruling on Monday. The Franken campaign believes these ballots, part...
...even in a Democratic-run Pentagon the push for missile defense is going to continue. If Obama keeps Defense Secretary Robert Gates on, as some advisers are arguing he should, that would come as no surprise. "Russia has nothing to fear from a defensive missile shield," Gates said Thursday as he argued for extending the system to Europe. The current plan is to place 10 missile interceptors in Poland and a missile-tracking radar in the Czech Republic by 2014. It's strongly opposed by Russia, which views it as an unwelcome military threat in a region where...