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KBR
-  Accounting
-  Politics
-  Government
-  Investigation
-  US
-  Military
-  Housing
-  Iraq
-  Afghanistan
-  World
"Ex-KBR
Workers to Testify on Contract Fraud." ... "Two former
KBR employees, Frank Cassaday and Linda Warren, are slated to testify before
the Senate Democratic Policy Committee next Monday, according to the panel."
... "The two reportedly sued their former employer on behalf of the U.S.
[United States] government, claiming KBR fraudulently boosted the number
of soldiers using KBR-managed recreation facilities in an effort to inflate
the fees it was paid." ... "Under a massive new Army logistics contract,
KBR will be one of three firms to compete for as much as $150 billion in
contracts to provide housing, laundry and other basic services in Iraq,
Afghanistan and around the world, the Army announced April 17."
-ABCNEWS.com
 Corporate
- Editorial
- Politics
-  New
York - US
- Foreign
"Resignation
tightens Murdoch's grip on the Journal." ... "Marcus
Brauchli has resigned as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, according
to people familiar with the matter." ... "Mr Brauchli's departure comes
just four months after the US financial newspaper and its parent company,
Dow Jones, were taken over by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in a $5bn deal."
... "Mr Brauchli, who joined the Journal in 1984 as a copy editor and served
as a foreign correspondent in Asia, was appointed to the paper's top editorial
job a year ago to replace Paul Steiger." ... "His resignation is expected
to revive the debate about Mr Murdoch's stewardship of one of the world's
most respected newspapers." ... "Many Journal reporters vehemently opposed
Mr Murdoch's approach last year, arguing that the media mogul would tarnish
the paper's reputation for journalistic integrity. Some even sent petitions
to Dow Jones shareholders urging them to reject his $60-per-share offer."
... "Mr Murdoch, who long coveted the Journal, has also become a regular
feature at the paper's lower Manhattan [New York] offices, according to
people familiar with the matter, working diligently to put his stamp on
the paper." ... "Some of his changes became apparent this week, including
an expansion of the Journal's editorial page. Under Mr Murdoch, the paper
also has been broadening its focus on political and lifestyle reporting."
... "That shift appears to be part of an effort to compete more directly
with the New York Times for both readers and advertisers." ... "However,
some critics have argued that those moves could also water down the paper's
reputation for business and financial coverage and alienate its core readers."
(1, 2)
-By Joshua
Chaffin -FT.com
 John
McCain -  Ron
Paul -  Mike
Huckabee - 2008
Election - Politics
-  Pennsylvania
"McCain
Loses 27% of Pennsylvania Vote." ... "Pennsylvania
had a Republican primary on Tuesday." ... "And more than 800,000 Pennsylvanians
took Republican ballots. That's only about a third as many as voted in
the Democratic primary, but its still a significant GOP [GOP=Grand Old
Party=Republican] turnout." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate John] McCain finished with an uninspiring 73 percent of the vote
Tuesday." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate Ron] Paul
got 16 percent." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate
Mike] Huckabee's non-candidacy took 11 percent." ... "When all the Republican
votes were counted, more than 200,000 ended up in the columns of what can
best be described as the Anybody-but-McCain candidates." -By
John Nichols -TheNation.com
John
McCain - Corporate
- Politics
-  Ohio
- Factory
-  History
-  People
- Poverty
- 2008
Election
"McCain
picks failing Ohio factory to laud free trade." ...
"Standing before a nearly shuttered factory pocked with broken windows
in a city devastated by the erosion of its industrial base, John McCain
on Tuesday urged Americans to reject the "siren song of protectionism"
and embrace free trade." ... "The hardships are all too real in Youngstown
[Ohio]. The city has lost more than 40,000 jobs since its signature steel
industry collapsed in the 1970s and '80s. Its population is less than half
its peak of 170,000 in the 1950s. About 25 percent of those who remain
live below the poverty line." ... ""It may be a photo op for John McCain
but people in Youngstown and cities across America are really hurting from
the Bush economy and are looking for real help," Democratic National Committee
Chairman Howard Dean said. "McCain's only plan is to continue Bush's failed
economic policies but the American people are saying enough is enough.""
-By
Matt
Stearns -McClatchyDC.com
John
McCain - Money
- Politics
- Military
- Real
Estate -  Land
-  Lawsuit
-  California
- Tucson
-  Arizona
-  Environment
"A
Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain." ...
"Donald R. Diamond, a wealthy Arizona real estate developer [based in Tucson,
Arizona], was racing to snap up a stretch of virgin California coast freed
by the closing of an Army base a decade ago when he turned to an old friend,
[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona] Senator John
McCain." ... "When Mr. Diamond wanted to buy land at the base, Fort Ord
[in California], Mr. McCain assigned an aide who set up a meeting at the
Pentagon and later stepped in again to help speed up the sale, according
to people involved and a deposition Mr. Diamond gave for a related lawsuit.
When he appealed to a nearby city for the right to develop other property
at the former base, Mr. Diamond submitted Mr. McCain’s endorsement as “a
close personal friend.”" ... "Writing to officials in the city, Seaside,
Calif. [California], the senator said, “You will find him as honorable
and committed as I have.”" ... "Courting local officials and potential
partners, Mr. Diamond’s team promised that he could “help get through some
of the red tape in dealing with the Department of the Army” because Mr.
Diamond “has been very active with Senator McCain,” a partner said in a
deposition." ... "A longtime political patron, Mr. Diamond is one of the
elite fund-raisers Mr. McCain’s current presidential campaign calls Innovators,
having raised more than $250,000 so far." ... "In California, the McCain
aide’s assistance with the Army helped Mr. Diamond complete a purchase
in 1999 that he soon turned over for a $20 million profit. And Mr. McCain’s
letter of recommendation reinforced Mr. Diamond’s selling point about his
McCain connections as he pursued — and won in 2005 — a potentially much
more lucrative deal to develop a resort hotel and luxury housing." ...
"In Arizona, Mr. McCain has helped Mr. Diamond with matters as small as
forwarding a complaint in a regulatory skirmish over the endangered pygmy
owl, and as large as introducing legislation remapping public lands. In
1991 and 1994, Mr. McCain sponsored two laws sought by Mr. Diamond that
resulted in providing him millions of dollars and thousands of acres in
exchange for adding some of his properties to national parks. The Arizona
senator co-sponsored a third similar bill now before the Senate." ... "Mr.
Diamond and his family have given more than $55,000 to Mr. McCain’s campaigns
(and more than $600,000 to other federal candidates). More significantly,
the developer has collected (or “bundled”) hundreds of thousands of dollars
in contributions from others, and is now serving as a national co-chairman
of the finance committee for Mr. McCain’s current presidential run." ...
"Mr. Diamond is close to most of Arizona’s Congressional delegation and
is candid about his expectations as a fund-raiser. “I want my money back,
for Christ’s sake. Do you know how many cocktail parties I have to go to?”"
... "“Don Diamond has done very well through these land exchanges,” said
Sandy Bahr, director of the Arizona chapter of the Sierra Club. “It is
the public that got shortchanged.” " (1, 2,
3,
4)
-By David
D. Kirkpatrick and Jim
Rutenberg with contributions by Kitty Bennett and Barclay Walsh
-NYTimes
"[MAP
GRAPHIC] Land Swap." ... "Laws in the 1990s, supported
by Senator John McCain, allowed private owners to exchange land near Saguaro
National Park for land elsewhere in Arizona and or for monetary compensation.
Mr. McCain co-sponsored a similar Senate bill in 2007."
-NYTimes
"[DOCUMENT:
John McCain letter supporting campaign contributor Donald R. Diamond.]"
... "A letter from Senator John McCain may have helped Donald R. Diamond,
a longtime friend, gain the rights to develop property at a former Army
base. Mr. Diamond has raised more than $250,000 so far for Mr. McCain’s
presidential campaign." -NYTimes
John
McCain - Accounting
- Politics
- Economics
- History
- 2008
Election - Arizona
"Stephanopoulos
left unchallenged McCain's assertion that "every time you have cut capital
gains taxes, revenues have increased"." ... "Summary:
[DISNEY/ABC's] This Week's George Stephanopoulos did not
challenge [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona
Senator] Sen. John McCain's assertion that "history shows every time you
have cut capital gains taxes, revenues have increased -- going back to
Jack Kennedy." Stephanopoulos did not note that, notwithstanding a potential
short-term revenue increase, many economists have challenged the claim
that revenue goes up over the long term as a result of capital gains tax
rates being cut." ... "On the April 20 edition of ABC's
This
Week, host George
Stephanopoulos did not challenge Sen. John McCain's assertion that
"history shows every time you have cut capital gains taxes, revenues have
increased -- going back to Jack Kennedy." McCain's claim echoed ABC World
News anchor Charles Gibson's assertion,
during the April 16 Democratic presidential debate,
that "history shows that when you drop the capital gains tax, the revenues
go up." Additionally, during a panel discussion later on This Week,
Washington Post columnist George F. Will asserted, "[I]t's true that
when you raise capital gains taxes -- rates, you lower revenues from that."
However, as Media Matters for America documented,
notwithstanding a potential short-term revenue increase, many economists
have challenged the claim that revenue goes up over the long term as a
result of capital gains tax rates being cut. Indeed, the nonpartisan Joint
Committee on Taxation estimated in June 2006 that the 2006 extension of
the 2003 cuts on capital gains taxes would result in decreased
revenues of $20 billion over 10 years." ... "In a 2006 letter to Congress,
the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated,
"In analyzing the relationship between capital gains tax rates and capital
gains realizations, it is important to distinguish between the temporary
and permanent effects of tax rate changes. Investors can generally choose
when to realize their gains; if they believe that tax rates will change
in the future, they may try to time their realizations to occur during
a period with lower tax rates."" -By Eric H. Hananoki
and Jenny Hoffman -MediaMatters.org
 Jack
Abramoff -  John
Doolittle - Criminal- Money
- Politics
- Sports
- Government
-  Texas
- California
"Former
Justice official pleads guilty in Abramoff probe."
... "The [Republican President Bush] Justice Department lost one of its
own to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal Tuesday as a former high-ranking
department attorney pleaded guilty to conflict of interest." ... "Robert
E. Coughlin II admitted in federal court in Washington that he accepted
meals, concert tickets and luxury seats at Redskins and Wizards games from
a lobbyist while helping the lobbyist and his clients. He pleaded guilty
to a single conflict-of-interest charge and faces up to 10 months in prison
under a plea deal with the government." ... "The lobbyist is identified
in court documents only as "Lobbyist A," but details make clear that he
is Kevin Ring, a former member of Abramoff's lobbying team who also is
under investigation." ... "Coughlin, now 36 and living in Texas, accepted
the gifts from 2001 to 2003 while working on legislative affairs for the
Justice Department. He later became deputy chief of staff of the department's
criminal division - the same division handling the Abramoff probe - before
he resigned a year ago, citing personal reasons." ... "Ring worked for
[California Republican Representative John] Doolittle, who's retiring from
Congress at the end of this year, before going to work for Abramoff." -By
Erica Werner with contributions by Matt Apuzzo
-AP via -Courier-Journal.com
Consumer
- Real
Estate -History
"Regulator
fears wave of bank failures." ... "US bank failures
could rise above "historical norms" as a weakening economy puts pressure
on badly underwritten loans, particularly in commercial real estate, according
to a bank regulator." ... "In an interview with the Financial Times, John
Dugan, who oversees about 1,700 national banks as comptroller of the currency,
said the growing problems for lenders follow a period of almost four years
in which no institution regulated by his agency had failed." ... "Mr Dugan's
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is particularly worried about
lending by smaller banks to commercial real estate developers for condominiums
and other projects. More than a third of smaller community banks have made
commercial property loans that exceed 300 per cent of their capital, the
OCC [Office of the Comptroller of the Currency] says. By comparison, in
1987, when hundreds of banks failed amid a commercial property collapse,
such banks had commercial property loans equal to 175 per cent of their
capital." (1, 2)
-By Daniel
Pimlott, Krishna
Guha and Joanna
Chung -FT.com
 Smog
-  Science
-  Elderly
-  Children
- Environmental
- Safety
- Government
- Politics
-  Fuel
- Industry
- Clean
Air - Law
"Scientists:
Smog contributes to premature death." ... "Short-term
exposure to smog, or ozone, is clearly linked to premature deaths that
should be taken into account when measuring the health benefits of reducing
air pollution, a National Academy of Sciences review concludes." ... "The
findings contradict arguments made by some [Republican President Bush]
White House officials that the connection between smog and premature death
has not been shown sufficiently and that the number of saved lives should
not be calculated in determining clean air benefits." ... "The report released
Tuesday by a panel of the Academy's National Research Council says government
agencies "should give little or no weight" to such arguments." ... ""The
committee has concluded from its review of health-based evidence that short-term
exposure to ambient ozone is likely to contribute to premature deaths,"
the 13-member panel said." ... "It added that "studies have yielded strong
evidence that short-term exposure to ozone can exacerbate lung conditions,
causing illness and hospitalization and can potentially lead to death.""
... "Ground-level ozone is formed from nitrogen oxide and organic compounds
created by burning fossil fuels and is demonstrated often by the yellow
haze or smog that lingers in the air. Ozone exposure is a leading cause
of respiratory illnesses and especially affects the elderly, those with
respiratory problems and children." -AP
via -CNN
 Women's
-  Health
- Science
- Life-Expectancy
-  Washington
"Life
Expectancy Drops for Some U.S. Women: Historic Reversal,
Found in 1,000 Counties, May Be Result of Smoking and Obesity." ... "For
the first time since the Spanish influenza of 1918, life expectancy is
falling for a significant number of American women." ... "In nearly 1,000
counties that together are home to about 12 percent of the nation's women,
life expectancy is now shorter than it was in the early 1980s, according
to a study published today." ... ""I think this is a harbinger. This is
not going to be isolated to this set of counties, is my guess," said Christopher
J.L. Murray, a physician and epidemiologist at the University of Washington
who led the study. It is being published in PLoS
Medicine [PDF], an open-access journal of the Public Library of Science."
... "The study found a smaller decline, in far fewer places, in the life
expectancy of men in this country. In all, longevity is declining for about
4 percent of males." ... "The phenomenon appears to be not only new but
distinctly American." ... "Life expectancy is not a direct measure of how
long people live. Instead, it is a prediction of how long the average person
would live if the death rates at the time of his or her birth lasted a
lifetime." ... "About 33 percent of women are now obese, compared with
31 percent of men. Extreme obesity is twice as common in women (7 percent)
as in men (3 percent)." (1, 2)
-By David Brown -WashingtonPost
Corporate
- Health
Care - California
- Woman
"Judge
Awards Canceled Cancer Patient $9 Million." ... "A
woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment
for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million in a case against
one of California's largest health insurers." ... "Patsy Bates, 52, a hairdresser
from Gardena [California], had been left with more than $129,000 in unpaid
medical bills when Health Net Inc. canceled her policy in 2004." ... "In
fact, she was in the hospital getting prepped for surgery when she first
learned Health Net was dropping her." ... "Some of the documents Health
Net was forced to hand over revealed that senior analyst, Barbara Fowler,
single-handedly dropped hundreds of policy holders like Bates from the
rolls every year." ... "The shocker: the company awarded her bonuses based
on how many policy holders she dropped." ... "The company called 2003 -
the year Fowler dropped Patsy Bates - "a banner year" for her, for saving
the company $6 million in what they call "unnecessary health care expenses.""
-CBS4.com
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