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...veteran official at the Vatican, of U.S. nationality, expressed the view of many conservatives about the Kennedy clan's rapport with the Catholic Church: "Why would he even write a letter to the Pope? The Kennedys have always been defiantly in opposition to the Roman Catholic magisterium." (Magisterium is the formal term for the authority of Church teaching.) (See a Kennedy family photo album...
...corruption in Boston. Last year he was named by Attorney General Michael Mukasey to head the ongoing investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes. Colleagues say Durham is thorough and cautious in deciding whether a case deserves to be prosecuted. But once he fixes on a target, the veteran lawyer usually catches his prey. (Read "Five Questions for the CIA IG's Interrogation Report...
...team that shooting guard Quentin Richardson hasn't been traded to this summer? On June 25, the New York Knicks dealt Richardson, who averaged 10 points per game last season, to the Memphis Grizzlies for center Darko Milicic. About three weeks later, Memphis shipped the nine-year veteran to the Los Angeles Clippers for high-scoring forward - and perennial troublemaker - Zach Randolph. Three days after that, the Clips moved Richardson to the Minnesota Timberwolves for three nondescript bench warmers. Finally (we think), on Aug. 13 Minnesota gave Richardson better weather, and a better shot at the postseason, by trading...
...college this week: the 2010 U.S. News & World Report college rankings hit stands today, with Harvard and Princeton tying for first place among national universities and Williams ranking first among liberal-arts colleges. TIME spoke to Robert Morse, director of data research at U.S. News and a two-decade veteran of the controversial rankings, about how the list is put together and how it could be better, plus a look at this year's rising stars. (Read about the backlash against college rankings...
...rationale for the Senator's trip grew, some Burma-watchers wondered whether Webb was traveling to Naypyidaw in order to secure the release of John Yettaw, the American who embarked on the midnight swim to Suu Kyi's home in May. Like Webb, Yettaw is a Vietnam-war veteran. Earlier this week, Yettaw was sentenced to seven years of hard labor by a Burmese court. Over the past decade, Westerners who have been handed harsh sentences by the Burmese judiciary have been released before their prison terms were completed. Indeed, in the hours following Webb's meeting with Than Shwe...