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...when the verdict came in. He was right that it could have been worse. The Florida jury might have gone for murder one but instead convicted Nathaniel Brazill, 14, of murder in the second degree for pointing a gun between the eyes of his favorite teacher and pulling the trigger a year ago. "I'm O.K.," he mouthed to his mother Polly, seated in the courtroom's second row. Then he gave a little wave to a young cousin, sitting nearby...
...have a bias in favor of thinking that small and sometimes seemingly trivial human events influence history in big ways. But, no, the White House's conspicuous snub of Jeffords by not inviting him to that event honoring a Vermont teacher did not trigger his bolting the party. But it did suggest that Bush's "compassionate conservativism" was just pollster-driven rhetoric, and that his talk about reaching across party lines was just talk. Heck, he couldn't even reach within his own party. So now Bush has indeed proved to be a "uniter, not a divider" - he's united...
...receiving and misusing funds, planning to bribe officials and tarnishing the reputation of Egypt. This week Ibrahim, 62, wraps up his defense in a six-month trial in the Supreme State Security Court. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years at hard labor, a sentence likely to trigger protests in Egypt and beyond. Frank Wisner, a former U.S. ambassador in Cairo, has criticized the case for doing "great harm." A conviction could hurt U.S.-Egyptian relations, since Ibrahim holds dual citizenship and teaches at the American University in Cairo...
...when the verdict came in. He was right that it could have been worse. The Florida jury might have gone for murder one but instead convicted Nathaniel Brazill, 14, of murder in the second degree for pointing a gun between the eyes of his favorite teacher and pulling the trigger a year ago. "I'm O.K.," he mouthed to his mother Polly, seated in the courtroom's second row. Then he gave a little wave to a young cousin, sitting nearby...
...pounder; it's for those with head pain that is severe and unremitting, occurring nearly every day for at least six months. And though the antidepressants require a prescription, they may be a better choice than aspirin, Advil or other over-the-counter pain relievers, most of which can trigger rebound attacks in chronic sufferers...