| Clintons' Tax Returns Would Cast a Wider Light
Clinton has been a senior adviser to Mr. Burkle's closely held Yucaipa Cos. and a partner or profit participant in certain Yucaipa investment funds. Mrs. Clinton's presidential disclosure form shows that her husband had received as much as $17,500 in interest income from Yucaipa holdings since the beginning of 2006. It also said Mr. Clinton received a "guaranteed" partnership payment of "over $1,000." The Clintons' tax returns likely would give a clearer idea of the precise magnitude of that partnership payment and possibly other details about his partnership arrangement with Yucaipa. The Clintons' tax returns also could provide information about some of the couple's expenses, said Paul Offenbacher, a Silver Spring, Md., accountant. One possible example: What expenses, if any, Mr.
Sulky Québec To Open Tonight
After much waiting and high anticipation, Attractions Hippiques' newly refurbished Sulky Quebec is ready to be officially unveiled in Quebec City. The facilities have been fully transformed to offer horseracing fans cutting-edge technology, unequalled comfort and the opportunity to see these remarkable horses up close. Sulky de Qubec, in which Attractions Hippiques has invested more than $23 million, features major innovations on all levels, as well as many improvements to customer service, primarily on race nights. The designers also wanted to bring spectators closer to the horses by creating an easily accessible mezzanine where they can watch activities in the paddock, and the grooming and care of the horses. On the ground floor, visitors can now take advantage of an information zone, an ultramodern sports bar, open seven days a week, a dining room with view on the track, another dining room equipped with the latest technology to present races from around the world, La Verrire bar, as well as lounge areas and snack bars on each level.
In Newsweek, Bush Aide Says GOP Suffers from 'Bolshevik Fervor'
If were picking which conservative could represent us in Newsweek, conservatives would now find it hard to say "I guess I could live with Michael Gerson." These same Republican voters that are now being muddied with comparison to the Bolsheviks for their obsession with "purity" voted easily for Gerson's man George W. Bush in the last two elections, despite his lack of such purity. At the very least, Gerson might have the manners not to dismiss the voters who gave him his cozy place of profit and prominence as a bunch of bloody-minded Soviet commissars. Surely, liberal Newsweek editor Jon Meacham loved every word of this piece, especially the claim that major GOP donors are thinking of going Obama. You could easily argue that voters who prize ideological perfection to other qualities that might make a Republican candidate electable – charm, rhetorical fluency, an ability to build trust – could be making a mistake.
George Splurges on $40,000 Suite for Valentine's Day
While most guys were buying chocolate and roses for their gals, George Clooney spent $40,000 on a luxury suite for girlfriend Sarah Larson. The couple spent Valentine's Day at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and sparing no expense, they checked into the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa in the Playboy Tower. The lovebirds had a romantic dinner at Nove and capped their special night with a big dose of “Love," the Cirque Du Soleil Beatles show at the Mirage. .
Liberals request RCMP probe into alleged bribe
If the conservatives are honest about this not happening then they should allow the investigation to clear their name. As stated about the supposed insurance policy is actually a bribe, straight and simple. It is a concept that is not really that hard to grasp now is it. Posted 29/02/08 at 5:44 AM EST | Link to Comment .
Kidd trade to Mavs will cost Dallas $11 million more than original ...
Harris' numbers have improved each of his four years in the league, and we feel that he has a significant upside. This trade also will give us two future first-round draft picks and will give us flexibility to improve our roster." Thorn told The Associated Press that as the Nets struggled this season, Kidd lost some of the intensity that defines him as a player, making it imperative that the team trade him. Thorn said he first noticed it in December, an indirect reference to an incident in which Kidd sat out a game against the New York Knicks with a migraine, a move some considered a one-day walkout to force a trade. "Over the course of time it became very evident that his heart wasn't in it," Thorn said. "The kind of player he is, if his heart's not in it then he's not the same player, and it became evident to me that his heart wasn't in it anymore.
Mark your calendar: Gordon Lightfoot, Masquerade Ball
Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 1 at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines. The balladeer weaves tales of love and longing in eloquent musical masterpieces that have become enduring standards. Tickets cost $42.50-$52.50, on sale Friday, available at the Civic Center ticket office or through Ticketmaster.
An Evening of Reflections
The Greater Iowa Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association will host An Evening of Reflections from 6 to 10 p.m. March 15 at the Scottish Rite Consistory, 519 Park Ave. It features music by MidLife Crisis, plus art and food. Local artists will showcase decorated mirrors. These mirrors as well as gift baskets, wine, dinners and more will be offered during live and silent auctions. Local restaurants, wineries and other food enterprises will have with samples.
Commons clash over Scottish banknotes
The Lib Dems really need to grow up and stop wasting valuable time and (taxpayers') money.The Scottish Note Issue is a quirky matter that adds to the rich tapestry of life. Sid Yobbo kids not one jot whether or not it's legal tender. Will it buy a fix? Or a bottle of Buckie? .
Gloriously Cranky Cathy Seipp
Never needs changing. Like a fluorescent bulb! ... 5:48 P.M. Dissing the Disgruntled! Grazer-Gate Update: A summary of the L.A.Times' second-time-farce scandal is here. The most recent at-bats ... Resigned editorial page editor Andres Martinez says the paper's newly-arrived editor and publisher caved to a disgruntled newsroom that is annoyed at [the paper's owners in] Chicago, annoyed at them and annoyed at the autonomy of the opinion pages. The newsroom unrest, Martinez says, is partly "ideological" (the news pages presumably being more conventionally liberal than his editorial page), partly "a matter of bureaucratic culture," and some of it a personnel matter (there are some embittered former editorial board members that Kinsley and Carroll sent off to the newsroom).
Archive preserves visual past
Experts and amateurs who manage the University of Vermont's online archive of historical photographs are still looking for a new crop of curators, ages 6 to 96.
They also want your photo albums.
Geology professor Paul Bierman, one of the founders of the Landscape Change Project, said the collection was designed from the ground up in 1999 to sow interest among authorities and novices, teachers and students, historians and curiosity-seekers.
On Tuesday, Bierman and his UVM faculty colleague, Christine Massey, will lead a workshop for home-schooling parents in a hands-on scavenger hunt through their Web site.
"A big part of our mission is to disseminate successful educational models," Bierman said. "Kids see old pictures of their town, of places they know -- and they start asking questions.
Time to put the Trade Machine to work
At crunch time, they'd have Williams and Boozer playing the two-man game with three killer shooters spreading the floor (Miller, Okur and Kyle Korver). That would be deadly, right? Also, Lowry would give them their first real backup point guard since Howard Eisley was still alive, and Cardinal gives another white guy for a franchise that can never have enough white guys. I'd think long and hard about this deal if I'm Utah. Why Golden State does it: Because Kirilenko's manifest destiny is to play in Golden State for Don Nelson. It is. You can't tell me differently. Imagine him running around with Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins. That's terrifying. Kirilenko would push the Warriors to another level and put them on the short list of true title contenders.
Egyptian firm says it wins mobile phone licence in NKorea
SEOUL: An Egyptian firm says it has won the right to provide a mobile phone service in communist North Korea, a country which has strictly restricted such services to the general public. Orascom Telecom, in a statement on Wednesday on its website, said the licence was granted to its subsidiary CHEO Technology, which is 25 percent owned by the state-run Korea Post and Telecommunications Corporation. It said the terms allow it to offer services throughout the country over a 25-year period with an exclusivity period of four years. "Orascom Telecom intends to invest up to 400 million dollars in network infrastructure and licence fee over the first three years in order to rapidly deploy a high quality network and offer voice, data and value-added services at accessible prices to the Korean people," it said.
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