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...fact, she had had sex with Fletcher on the eve of the murder. Two days later, Chrzanowski apologized and set the record straight, claiming she had been in shock during the initial interview. But her behavior had caught the attention of Michigan's judicial tenure commission, a watchdog of the judiciary. In April, the JTC brought misconduct charges against Chrzanowski, and she was suspended, with pay, from her post...
Besides which, the premise of this show has been exploited for years on the syndicated "Change of Heart," which sends couples on dates with other people to compare notes, and somehow the watchdog groups that jumped on "Temptation" haven't seen fit to launch a crusade against that show. The fact is, "controversies" over shows like "Temptation Island" are simply cynical exercises in mutual masturbation through the media. The moralist groups get a soapbox; Fox gets days of free advertising for a show that would otherwise have been lucky to beat out "Blind Date...
What spurred Harris' political career has provided it with a dramatic, perhaps historic turning point--to either her benefit or her detriment. She bounded onto George W. Bush's campaign as his hard-charging Florida co-chair. Watchdog groups objected when she used the secretary of state's office--and taxpayer money--to produce get-out-the-vote TV ads starring Bush boosters like General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Thus last week, when Harris unloaded decision after decision that appeared to be in lockstep with Bush strategy, cries of partisanship sprang up immediately. Harris, 43, insisted that her rulings were "independent...
Some people think Milton's dislikes extend to any form of competition. When a small regional airline started up in eastern Canada, Air Canada responded last fall with sharply reduced fares on some routes. When the Competition Bureau, a federal consumer watchdog, ordered Milton to stop price cutting on five of those routes, Air Canada hit back with a legal challenge questioning the bureau's constitutional power to unilaterally restrict fare changes. The case is winding through a Quebec court. Air Canada dived into hot water again in October, when a corporate official sent voice-mail messages about the airline...
...Attorney Allan A. Ryan Jr. said Ruff's death would not impact the efficacy of the group, which monitors labor conditions of international apparel factories. As a result, he said, Harvard has no reason to consider leaving the group in favor of the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC), another labor watchdog organization...