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Jury is out for Hamdan -- and the tribunal process
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe war crimes case against Salim Ahmed Hamdan today goes to a jury of his enemies, hand-selected by the Pentagon official who charged him on behalf of a president who has ordered him imprisoned even if acquitted. "The eyes of the world are on Guantanamo...Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, War Crimes, Human Rights, International Court or Tribunal, Wars and Interventions
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Companies aiding adoption
Associated PressNEW YORK—When Tim Huval and his wife decided to adopt, they got financial aid, moral support and legal counseling from a seemingly unlikely source: his employer. "Never once do you feel like you're in a separate bucket because you're adopting"...Tags: Consultancy Service, Employees, Foreign Aid, Bank of America Corp., Adoption
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3 LI companies named as adoption-friendly
carrie.mason-draffen@newsday.comFor the second year in a row, three Long Island companies rank among the top 100 businesses nationwide for adoption benefits, according to an Ohio-based foundation that compiles the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces list. United Business Media --...Tags: OSI Pharmaceuticals, Melville, Long Island, Ohio, Wendy's International Incorporated
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Triarc Buying Wendy's In All-Stock Deal
One of Dave Thomas' daughters says the family is devastated by today's news that Wendy's is being sold to the parent company of Arby's.
Pam Thomas Farber says her father would not be amused and says her sister Wendy is in "horrible" shape.
Triarc...Tags: Triarc Companies Incorporated, Wendy's International Incorporated
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True Stories
Copyright Zap2itFor Sheryl Crow, there's a big difference to her third time on a yearly special about adoption. She's now an adoptive parent herself. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is readying for her first Christmas with 7-month-old Wyatt and also performing...Tags: Rene Russo, Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys, Carole King
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Adopted Son Gives Sheryl Something to Crow About
Zap2It.comFor Sheryl Crow, there's a big difference to her third time on a yearly special about adoption. She's now an adoptive parent herself. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is readying for her first Christmas with 7-month-old Wyatt and also performing...Tags: Rene Russo, Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys, Carole King
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Line of succession -- A brief history of Gators football
Sentinel Staff WriterFOUNDED: 1853 (first year of football: 1906) RECORD: 619-368-40 BOWL BERTHS: 34 BOWLS WON: 16 CONFERENCE TITLES: 7 NATIONAL TITLES: 2 BEST PLAYER EVER: Danny Wuerffel, QB Wuerffel was the second Gator to be awarded the Heisman Trophy when he won in 1996....Tags: Football, Florida Gators
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Ask Sam Smith
So, now, what was everyone so upset about? Heck, if the Bulls had Ben Wallace, imagine how good they could be. That's seven straight losing teams coming up starting with the 76ers Wednesday night. The Bulls could be 10 games over .500 by the end of...Tags: Ron Artest, Kyle Orton, Magic Johnson, Chris Duhon, Chicago Bulls
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July 28, 2005
Dear Tom, How did our 100º temperatures and heat indexes on Sunday compare to Baghdad’s, where our troops are in full combat gear? Dave Thomas, Lake Bluff, Ill. Dear Dave, Believe it or not, the heat indexes on Sunday in both cities were about the same—...Tags: Lake Bluff, Weather Reports, Chicago Weather
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'The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season'
Zap2It.comThe year was 1997. "The Simpsons" was well into its eighth season, and people were taking to the Internet to discuss how the show wasn't as good as it once was. Naturally, the show's writers decided to make fun of that idea, giving us "The Itchy &...Tags: John Waters, The Simpsons, Matt Groening
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'Brother Bear'
Times Staff Writer"Brother Bear," the new Disney animated film, is more than set in the distant past when woolly mammoths roamed the Earth, it's largely made in a traditional technique that, skeptics say, may soon be as extinct as that ancient beast. That would be hand-...Tags: Tina Turner, Nature, Movies, Pixar, Conservation
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Rock review, Pere Ubu at the Double Door
Special to the TribuneIn today's blockbusters-or-bust music industry, an artist with a genuinely unique, idiosyncratic vision is likely to last about as long as a Chicago baseball team in the postseason. It was all the more heartening, then, to see Pere Ubu, one of the most...Tags: Popular Music, Music
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