Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/us/19pardon.html WASHINGTON — Felons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of clemency requests. Among the petitioners is Michael Milken, the billionaire former junk bond king turned
July 4, 2007 Commuting Prison Term Is Implicit Critique of Sentencing Standards By ADAM LIPTAK In commuting I. Lewis Libby Jr.'s 30-month prison sentence on Monday, President Bush drew on the same array of arguments about the federal sentencing system often made by defense lawyers - and routinely and strenuously opposed by his own Justice Department. Critics of the federal sentencing system
< WASHINGTON, D.C. (Rueters) -- A massive turnout is expected for memorial services in the Smithsonian Rotunda on Tuesday to pay tribute to the late Ed Conrad, the superhero who donated his brain to science. "We're expecting a sellout," said Wayne Clough, the institution's Secretary, head honcho and chief bottle washer. "Ed was quite a gay . . . whoops, I mean, GUY." Clough
< http://www.nurple.com/sideshow/ < Capitalized below is an actual newspaper headline that appeared on the front page of a small western Canadian daily on Christmas Eve some years ago. < An electrician -- first name Oliver -- was blown to bits in an explosion that occurred in one of the hallways of an apartment building the day before. < Earlier that week, the publisher had instructed the
On Sep 13, 7:19 pm, cancerhazle...@hotmail.com wrote: <> THE GRIM REAPER STILL HAVING A BALL IN GREATER HAZLETON, PA <http://www.cancercapital.com/img/grim-reaper.jpg < The national average for persons suffering with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one in 10,000. < Luzerne County, therefore, is beating the living crap out of the statistics concerning the horrific disease
