Editorial: Public figure, private gain - MetroWest Daily News
In 2005 Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens threw a tantrum when colleagues tried to block a $223 million earmark for his state’s now-infamous “Bridge to Nowhere.” Stevens’ fellow Republicans wanted to use those tax dollars for something worthwhile, like
Man may have to pay $22 million for investor scam - Seattle Times
A man accused of lavishly spending millions of dollars of his investors’ money has been tentatively ordered to repay $22 million in the alleged swindle. SANTA ANA, Calif. A man accused of lavishly spending millions of dollars of his investors
Washington trial could hamper Stevens campaign - San Francisco Gate
Sen. Ted Stevens cannot move his corruption trial from Washington to his home state of Alaska, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a decision that could hamstring the powerful Republican’s re-election bid. The patriarch of Alaska politics, Stevens
These Little Kids Think Coltrane Is Cool - Wall Street Journal
At Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, Howard Gardner has long taught his theory of multiple intelligences to enable his students, when they enter their own classrooms, to understand and nurture these various strengths in the youngsters they
High jumper Blanka Vasic looks hot for Beijing Games gold - News.com.au
IF high jumpers, with their spaghetti limbs and balletic routines, are the catwalk models of international athletics, then Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic is the highest-paid supermodel. What else to expect from a woman named after the city of Casablanca in
Judge Won’t Move Trial For Sen. Ted Stevens - Free Internet Press
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) will face trial in Washington, D.C., next month, denying the senator’s request to have the case transferred to his home state. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan sided with Justice