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...sentences, and prosecutors and juries are embracing the option. Life without parole doesn't trigger the separate sentencing trials and automatic appeals that can make death sentences so financially and emotionally costly. As a result, prosecutors are seeking and juries are delivering far fewer death sentences: last year's total of 110 was the lowest since the introduction of the modern death-penalty system. Nationwide, the number of death sentences has fallen almost two-thirds, and the trend extends even to Texas, the heart of the death-penalty machine. There, 14 prisoners were sentenced to death in 2006, compared with...
...NEWS That click you hear is the sound of Iowans turning their televisions back on to enjoy campaign-ad-free watching. In the 2004 campaign, Democratic candidates set a state record, spending $9.1 million on TV ads. In 2007, Republicans matched that total, and Democrats more than doubled...
...former endowment chief, Mohamed A. El-Erian, earned a total of $6.5 million, according to a University statement released last month. His five highest-paid employees at the Harvard Management Company (HMC) earned between $2.1 and $6 million...
...Once the total number of caucus-goers have been counted and thresholds for the candidates have been established, the first round of jockeying begins. Groups supporting each of the candidates begin sweet-talking their friends and neighbors into joining their side, if only to give their candidate a shot at the second round. "There are all kinds of complicated dynamics going on," Bender says. "It's always been that way and I think people enjoy...
...opponent, Raila Odinga, has refused to recognize the results; he has the support of the Luo tribe, which makes up about 13% of the country, as well as several smaller tribes. There are now fears that Kenya, a famous tourist destination with a booming economy, is teetering on almost total collapse, and the possibility of genocidal war between Kikuyus and their allies on one side and the Luo-affiliated tribes, who supported Odinga. "We never expected the savagery to go so far," police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said in Nairobi...