http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/27/congress.clemens/index.html?iref=newssearch
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Leading members of the House of Representatives asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to probe whether baseball great Roger Clemens "committed perjury and made knowingly false statements" during a congressional hearing.
Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis ...
Eliot Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who gained national prominence relentlessly pursuing Wall Street wrongdoing, has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a law enforcement official and a person briefed on the investigation.
The wiretap captured a man identified as Client 9 on a telephone call confirming plans to have a woman travel from New York to Washington...
Virginia Tech Shooting (FOX News)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266374,00.html
Virginia Tech police and administrators struggled to explain late Monday why the campus was not locked down after a deadly shooting earlier in the day, and why students were in classrooms two hours later when a lone gunman entered a campus building and slaughtered 30 people, before turning a gun on himself.
The man responsible for murdering 32 people...
Writers Strike in Hollywood (Variety)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975256.html?categoryid=10&cs=1
In a last-ditch attempt to avert a strike, the Writers Guild of America will return to the negotiating table Sunday morning to meet with studios and networks.
News of the meeting emerged late Friday afternoon, a few hours after the WGA announced that its 12,000 members will go on strike Monday against studios and networks in the first major work stoppage in two decades.
The 10 a.m. Sunday meeting…
Tax Stimulus Package (Boston Globe)
What's in the economic stimulus package being signed by President Bush.
--Tax rebates: At least $300 to almost everyone earning a paycheck, including low-income earners. Social Security recipients and disabled veterans making too little to pay income taxes would receive $300 checks as well, as long as they have at least $3,000 in income from various sources in 2007. People paying income taxes could receive rebates of up to $600 per individual and $1,200 for couples.
Families with children would receive an additional $300 per child. The full rebate would be limited to...
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