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1 Irish PM fights for survival as euro fears resurface

by Loic Vennin and Andrew Bushe, AFP

2 hrs 40 mins ago

DUBLIN (AFP) – Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen battled for his survival Tuesday, while Germany said Ireland’s international bailout showed the future of the euro itself was on the line.

The efforts of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to shore up the debt-laden Irish economy were called into question as the euro sank to a two-month low, dipping under 1.34 dollars.

As political anger at Cowen and the Irish government grew at home, Portugal — tipped to be the next eurozone economy to need a bailout — was bracing itself for a general strike on Wednesday.

2 Irish bailout triggers election

by Loic Vennin and Andrew Bushe, AFP

Mon Nov 22, 5:43 pm ET

DUBLIN (AFP) – Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said on Monday he would call a general election in the New Year once parliament passes a crucial budget at the centre of an international bailout.

It could take several weeks for the budgetary process to be completed and Cowen would then have to formally dissolve parliament and set an election date, meaning an election may not be held until February or March.

Cowen, who entered a coalition government with the Green Party in 2008, bowed to calls from its disgruntled junior partner to call an election in the wake of Ireland accepting a bailout worth up to 90 billion euros (122.5 billion dollars).

3 Ireland in chaos after bailout triggers election

by Loic Vennin and Andrew Bushe, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 9:09 am ET

DUBLIN (AFP) – Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was fighting to keep his government together Tuesday after his call for an election early next year failed to stem the political crisis over an international bailout.

Cowen promised Monday to call an election but only when he had seen through a budget which he said was crucial to obtaining EU and IMF loans worth up to 90 billion euros (122.5 billion dollars).

The beleaguered prime minister was responding to calls by the junior partners in his governing coalition, the Green Party, for an election in January.

4 Ireland in chaos as bailout triggers election

by Loic Vennin and Andrew Bushe, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 5:02 am ET

DUBLIN (AFP) – Ireland’s political turmoil intensified Tuesday after Prime Minister Brian Cowen promised to call a general election in the New Year once parliament passes a budget at the centre of an international bailout.

It could take several weeks for the budgetary process to be completed and Cowen would then have to formally dissolve parliament and set an election date, meaning an election may not be held until February or March.

Two independent members of parliament on whom the government depends to pass legislation said they were likely to withhold their support, raising fears that the crucial budget might not be passed at all.

5 Putin warns tigers ‘close to catastrophe’

by Olga Nedbayeva, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 11:22 am ET

SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) – The world’s last wild tigers are “close to catastrophe”, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday at an unprecedented summit aiming to save the animal from extinction.

The global tiger summit in Saint Petersburg, the first ever meeting of world leaders devoted to saving the fabled beast, agreed a plan aiming to double the numbers of wild tigers between now and 2022.

The Russian strongman said that the world’s population of wild tigers had declined by a factor of 30 over the last century to 3,200 individuals while their habitat area was only seven percent of what it was before.

6 Fed slashes US growth forecasts

by Andrew Beatty, AFP

1 hr 34 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US economy will grow at a much slower pace than expected this year and next, as unemployment remains stubbornly high, according to bleak Federal Reserve estimates published Tuesday.

Painting a stark picture of the short-term fate of the world’s largest economy, minutes from the Fed’s last meeting showed that growth would be around half a percentage point less than expected this year and in 2011.

Minutes from a November meeting showed that already anemic growth predictions have been slashed to 2.4-2.5 percent this year and 3.0-3.6 percent in the next.

7 Greece ordered to cut deeper to get past debt ‘crossroad’

AFP

Tue Nov 23, 8:01 am ET

ATHENS (AFP) – Greece won approval on Tuesday for a new slice of rescue funding but the IMF and EU prescribed even tougher action on tax evasion, waste in health care and on state companies to merit another payout.

They also warned that Greek wages were too high and said the country, saved from imminent insolvency in May, faced potential problems in repaying on time — although solutions were available in that case.

The expert auditor from the International Monetary Fund, Poul Thomsen, said: “The programme is at a crossroad.”

8 Controversial pope book already selling fast

by Michele Leridon, AFP

28 mins ago

VATICAN CITY (AFP) – A new book in which Pope Benedict XVI talks candidly about issues including sexuality and child abuse hits bookshop shelves on Wednesday and is already selling fast, its publishers say.

Extracts in which the 83-year-old German pope broke a Roman Catholic Church taboo and said condoms were acceptable in some cases have whetted the public appetite for “Light of the World”, which is being published in 18 languages.

“We’ve had over 12,000 pre-release orders over the last month and the numbers are about to jump pretty rapidly,” said Neil McCaffrey from Ignatius Press, the US publishers of the book.

9 Cambodia festival stampede leaves nearly 380 dead

by Michelle Fitzpatrick, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 8:46 am ET

PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Frantic relatives scoured makeshift morgues in the Cambodian capital on Tuesday after nearly 380 revellers perished in a huge stampede on an overcrowded bridge, turning a water festival into tragedy.

Survivors recounted scenes of panic and fear on the narrow bridge as people were trampled underfoot by the surging crowds on Monday, with some reportedly falling or jumping into the river below or grabbing on to electricity cables.

Prime Minister Hun Sen described the disaster as Cambodia’s worst tragedy since the Khmer Rouge’s 1975-1979 reign of terror, which left up to a quarter of the population dead. He declared a national day of mourning on Thursday.

10 Robot setback dims hopes for trapped New Zealand miners

by Chris Foley, AFP

Mon Nov 22, 7:42 pm ET

GREYMOUTH, New Zealand (AFP) – Hopes were fading Tuesday for 29 men missing after a New Zealand mine explosion, as angry relatives expressed frustration at the stalled rescue operation now in its fifth day.

Rescue hopes were dealt a fresh blow when a remote-controlled robot sent into the Pike River mine to collect vital data broke down and the drilling of a bore hole stalled when it hit hard rock.

“This is a very serious situation and the longer it goes on, hopes fade, and we have to be realistic,” police superintendent Gary Knowles, who is coordinating rescue efforts, told reporters.

11 ‘Bleak’ outlook for trapped New Zealand miners

by Chris Foley, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 4:59 am ET

GREYMOUTH, New Zealand (AFP) – New Zealand police warned Tuesday the outlook was “bleak” for 29 miners missing four days after a blast, as video footage revealed chilling images of a powerful underground explosion.

Frustrated relatives of the missing, who were shown the video before its release, expressed anger at stalled rescue efforts as a robot sent into the mine broke down and an exploratory bore-hole was slowed by hard rock.

But New Zealand police commissioner Howard Broad said there were still high levels of explosive and poisonous gases in the mine, making it impossible to send in rescue teams.

12 New AIDS cases fall by one fifth in a decade: UN

by Agnes Pedrero, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 8:18 am ET

GENEVA (AFP) – The number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has dropped by about one-fifth over the past decade but millions of people are still missing out on major progress in prevention and treatment, the UN said on Tuesday.

In 2009, 2.6 million people contracted the HIV virus that causes AIDS, down 19 percent from the 3.1 million recorded in 2001, said UNAIDS, the UN agency spearheading the international campaign against the disease.

“Fifty-six nations around the world have stabilised or significantly reduced infections,” UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe told journalists.

13 Conservative fever builds for Palin book tour

by Mira Oberman, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 7:24 am ET

CHICAGO (AFP) – Ultra-conservative powerhouse Sarah Palin kicks off a tour to promote her second book in as many years Tuesday as part of a media blitz ahead of an expected White House bid.

“America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag” promises to be filled with the folksy wisdom that won Palin a massive and adoring fan base, many of whom are expected to line up for hours for the chance to get a book signed.

It is billed as a tribute to veterans, hunting and the Tea Party her publishers say will read “like a bible of American virtues for anyone hoping to understand the truths that lie at the heart of the nation.”

14 Dalai Lama ‘to retire’ from government-in-exile role

by Adam Plowright, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 5:56 am ET

NEW DELHI (AFP) – The Dalai Lama intends to retire as head of the Tibetan government in exile next year as he looks to reduce his ceremonial role and scale back his workload, his spokesman told AFP Tuesday.

The Tibetan movement in exile, based in the northern Indian hill station of Dharamshala since 1960, directly elected a political leader in 2001 for the first time.

“Since then, His Holiness has always said he has been in a semi-retired state,” spokesman Tenzin Taklha said.

15 Myanmar’s freed Suu Kyi reunited with younger son

by Hla Hla Htay, AFP

Tue Nov 23, 5:50 am ET

YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed by the junta from house arrest just 10 days ago, was reunited with her younger son on Tuesday after a decade of separation.

Kim Aris, 33, who lives in Britain, was met by his 65-year-old mother at Yangon airport after flying in from Bangkok.

“I’m very glad and I’m very happy,” Suu Kyi told an AFP reporter who witnessed the reunion along with some of the dissident’s relatives, well-wishers and a gaggle of photographers.

16 EU urges feuding Irish not to delay budget

By Gilbert Reilhac and Jodie Ginsberg, Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 12:51 pm ET

STRASBOURG/DUBLIN (Reuters) – The European Union urged Ireland on Tuesday to adopt an austerity budget on time to unlock promised EU/IMF funding, in response to a deepening political crisis that could derail the financial rescue.

Dublin’s government is on a knife-edge. Damaged Prime Minister Brian Cowen has rebuffed calls for a snap election and insisted the budget would go ahead as planned on December 7 before he calls an early poll.

Opposition leader Enda Kenny hinted in parliament that his center-right Fine Gael party might let the budget pass, saying it would act in the national interest, and challenged Cowen to bring it forward to next week, but the prime minister refused.

17 Black Friday lures include price cuts, Sing-A-Ma-Jig

By Brad Dorfman, Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 12:36 pm ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) – From traditional lures like slashed prices on hot electronics to a “Santa-Sing-A-Ma-Jig” toy, U.S. retailers are pushing to attract shoppers into their doors on Black Friday.

With higher income consumers more positive about their financial prospects but lower income consumers still struggling, retailers are reaching out with smartphone and iPad apps, extending store hours for the holiday season kick-off that starts November 26 this year.

Sears and Wal-Mart Stores Inc are even open on U.S. Thanksgiving Day that Thursday.

18 Pope words on condoms bolster AIDS fight in Africa

By Mark John, Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 12:48 pm ET

DAKAR (Reuters) – Pope Benedict’s qualified backing of condom use to help prevent AIDS marks a small breakthrough for efforts to fight the scourge in Africa, giving health workers and clergy more scope to broach a still-taboo subject.

News of the pontiff’s comments in a book came days before a U.N. report on Tuesday showed that even Africa was making inroads into the epidemic, with a fall in infection rates over the past decade coinciding with greater availability of condoms.

“It does open the opportunity for discussion,” Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director of the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said of the pope’s statement, citing past confusion among many African Catholics over the Church’s approach to AIDS.

19 Vatican broadens case for condoms to fight AIDS

By Philip Pullella, Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 1:07 pm ET

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict’s landmark acknowledgement that the use of condoms is sometimes morally justifiable to stop AIDS is valid not only for gay male prostitutes but for heterosexuals and transsexuals too, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

The clarification, which some moral theologians called “groundbreaking,” was the latest step in what is already seen as a significant shift in Catholic Church policy.

It came at a news conference to launch the pope’s new book, “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Sign of the Times.”

20 Afghan election body to release final result Wednesday

By Hamid Shalizi, Reuters

2 hrs 4 mins ago

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) will announce final results from a September 18 parliamentary election on Wednesday, an official said, after long delays while fraud complaints were investigated.

The credibility of the eventual result will weigh heavily when U.S. President Barack Obama reviews his Afghan war strategy next month amid rising violence and sagging public support, especially after a fraud-marred presidential election last year.

Consistent allegations of vote fraud in both polls has raised questions about the credibility of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government at a time when U.S. and NATO officials have been re-examining their long-term commitment in Afghanistan.

21 Afghan Taliban "leader" in reports a fake: report

Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 5:02 am ET

KABUL (Reuters) – The New York Times said on Tuesday that a man it had described as a “Taliban leader” who had taken part in “secret peace talks” with the Afghan government was in fact an impostor.

The newspaper said the man had held three meetings with NATO and Afghan officials but that U.S. officials had confirmed on Monday “they had given up hope” he was the leader identified as Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour.

“The fake Taliban leader even met with President Hamid Karzai, having been flown to Kabul on a NATO aircraft and ushered into the presidential palace,” the newspaper said, again citing unidentified officials.

22 China says it is world’s top greenhouse gas emitter

By Chris Buckley, Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 4:23 am ET

BEIJING (Reuters) – China acknowledged on Tuesday it is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases stoking global warming, confirming what scientists have said for years but defending its right to keep growing emissions.

China’s chief negotiator in international climate change talks, Xie Zhenhua, made the comment while spelling out his government’s position ahead of negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, from November 29 over a new global pact to fight global warming.

Scientists and overseas bodies have said that since 2006-2007, China’s greenhouse gas pollution has surpassed the United States’, the world’s top emitter for the 20th century.

23 Ireland hoists "For Sale" sign over stricken banks

By Steve Slater, Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 12:27 pm ET

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s banks are up for sale, the country’s central bank chief said, as the government seeks to cut them down in size after their reckless lending forced the country to seek an international bailout.

“They are for sale as far as I am concerned,” Patrick Honohan said on Tuesday. “I have been an advocate for a number of years for small countries to have foreign owners for their banks.”

Dublin has already said it will intensify reform of the banks and surplus activities will have to be discarded.

24 Qantas to resume A380 flights but on limited basis

By Balazs Koranyi and Narayanan Somasundaram, Reuters

Tue Nov 23, 1:47 am ET

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Qantas will resume flying Airbus A380 superjumbos this week on a limited basis, giving Airbus and engine maker Rolls-Royce a confidence boost after an engine failure crippled a jet with 466 people this month.

Europe’s aviation safety authority EASA also chipped in with some positive news, lightening its compulsory inspection regime for the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine, after one such engine partially disintegrated on a Sydney-bound Qantas flight on Nov 4, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Singapore.

Qantas will put two of its six A380s in the air from Saturday but the others will take “some time” to return, pending engine fixes, and the A380 — the world’s largest passenger jet with an average list price of around $350 million — will stay off routes to Los Angeles, among the its most lucrative, the airline said on Tuesday

25 TSA: Some gov’t officials to skip airport security

By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press

32 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.

Aviation security officials would not name those who can skip the controversial screening, but other officials said those VIPs range from top officials like Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and FBI Director Robert Mueller to congressional leaders like incoming House Speaker John Boehner, who avoided security before a recent flight from Washington’s Reagan National Airport.

The heightened new security procedures by the Transportation Security Administration, which involve either a scan by a full-body detector or an intimate personal pat-down, have spurred passenger outrage in the lead-up to the Thanksgiving holiday airport crush.

26 Vatican shifts ground on condoms, HIV, conception

By VICTOR L. SIMPSON and NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press

33 mins ago

VATICAN CITY – In a seismic shift on one of the most profound – and profoundly contentious – Roman Catholic teachings, the Vatican said Tuesday that condoms are the lesser of two evils when used to curb the spread of AIDS, even if their use prevents a pregnancy.

The position was an acknowledgment that the church’s long-held anti-birth control stance against condoms doesn’t justify putting lives at risk.

“This is a game-changer,” declared the Rev. James Martin, a prominent Jesuit writer and editor.

27 UK imposes new permanent immigration quota

By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press

34 mins ago

LONDON – Britain will impose a tough annual limit on the number of non-Europeans allowed to work in the U.K. and slash visas for overseas students as it seeks to dramatically reduce immigration, the government said Tuesday.

Home Secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons that the number of non-EU nationals permitted to work in the U.K. from April 2011 will be capped at about 22,000 – a reduction of about one-fifth from 2009.

But thousands of people who are allowed to work in Britain on intracompany transfers aren’t included in those figures – or under the new quota. Critics said that means it’s unclear how Prime Minister David Cameron’s government will meet a pledge to cut net immigration, which also includes students and families of visa holders, to below 100,000 by 2015, from about 196,000 last year.

28 Study: AIDS pill helps gay men avoid HIV infection

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer

35 mins ago

Scientists have an exciting breakthrough in the fight against AIDS. A pill already used to treat HIV infection turns out to be a powerful weapon in protecting healthy gay men from catching the virus, a global study found.

Daily doses of Truvada cut the risk of infection by 44 percent when given with condoms, counseling and other prevention services. Men who took their pills most faithfully had even more protection, up to 73 percent.

Researchers had feared the pills might give a false sense of security and make men less likely to use condoms or to limit their partners, but the opposite happened – risky sex declined.

29 3rd eye: NYU artist gets camera implanted in head

By ULA ILNYTZKY, Associated Press

5 mins ago

NEW YORK – A New York University arts professor might not have eyes on the back of his head, but he’s coming pretty close. Wafaa Bilal, a visual artist widely recognized for his interactive and performance pieces, had a small digital camera implanted in the back of his head – all in the name of art.

Bilal said Tuesday that he underwent the procedure for an art project that was commissioned by a new museum in Doha, Qatar, in the Arab Gulf.

Titled “The 3rd I,” it is one of 23 contemporary works commissioned for the opening of the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art on Dec. 30. The exhibition is entitled “Told/Untold/Retold.”

30 TSA chief: Resisting scanners just means delays

By RAY HENRY, Associated Press

Tue Nov 23, 8:58 am ET

ATLANTA – Despite tough talk on the Internet, there was little if any indication of a passenger revolt at many major U.S. airports, with very few people declining the X-ray scan that can peer through their clothes. Those who refuse the machines are subject to a pat-down search that includes the crotch and chest.

Many travelers said that the scans and the pat-down were not much of an inconvenience, and that the stepped-up measures made them feel safer and were, in any case, unavoidable.

“Whatever keeps the country safe, I just don’t have a problem with,” Leah Martin, 50, of Houston, said as she waited Monday to go through security at the Atlanta airport.

31 Feds turn up heat on Wall St., raid 3 hedge funds

By DANIEL WAGNER and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press

2 hrs 46 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Federal investigators have turned up the heat on Wall Street, raiding three hedge funds in what one of the targets called a wide-ranging probe of insider trading.

The FBI on Monday searched the New York offices of Level Global Investors LP, and the Stamford, Conn., headquarters of Diamondback Capital Management LLC, a law enforcement official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss an ongoing case.

Another FBI official said the agency also searched a third site, at 30 Federal St. in Boston. Hedge fund Loch Capital Management LLC has its headquarters at that address.

32 AP-Petside.com poll: Pets make cut on family trips

By SUE MANNING, Associated Press

Tue Nov 23, 11:40 am ET

LOS ANGELES – When the Eubank family plans a trip, airplanes are usually out of the question. That’s because the family’s oversized dogs – a Great Dane and a pointer – are coming, too.

“Our dogs are part of the family. That’s why they go everywhere we go,” said Mike Eubank, 51, of Overland Park, Kan., who piles the dogs, his wife and three kids into a motorhome for trips to a lake where Eubank keeps a boat.

Nearly a quarter of pet owners have taken a vacation with their animals in the last two years, according to an Associated Press-Petside.com poll conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications.

33 Terry Collins introduced as Mets’ manager

By HOWIE RUMBERG, AP Sports Writer

39 mins ago

NEW YORK – Terry Collins stood at the podium, explaining in rapid-fire patter how the New York Mets can win it all next year.

It was as if he were a carnival barker trying to convince a skeptical crowd that what it was about to see was indeed real. His energy and enthusiasm were clear.

“I forgot to mention optimist is another quality,” new general manager Sandy Alderson said.

34 Cambodia doesn’t know what set off deadly stampede

By MIKE ECKEL and SOPHENG CHEANG, Associated Press

2 hrs 56 mins ago

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – At the bridge where investigators poked though the debris of a disaster – abandoned flip-flops and sneakers, water bottles, pieces of sugar cane – Chea Chan lit a Buddhist memorial offering of incense, coconut and lotus flowers, and wept.

The 28-year-old had tried to grab his younger brother during the riverside stampede that left at least 378 dead Monday night, but he was pushed against the support poles of the narrow suspension bridge. His little brother fell down and immediately was crushed under four or five other falling people.

He found his dead sibling at a local hospital, with a broken neck and crushed face. “I’m totally in shock,” he said.

35 Auto industry success a hard sell for White House

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press

Tue Nov 23, 6:40 am ET

WASHINGTON – The auto industry is providing President Barack Obama a good news story – automakers are making money, plants are hiring and the taxpayers’ stake in General Motors is dwindling. Things are looking up for the president in assembly line country – just not the voting.

Obama, fresh from claiming vindication after last week’s GM public stock offering, is joining Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday at a Chrysler auto plant in Kokomo, Ind. This month in Indiana, Democrats lost a Senate seat and two House seats and were driven into the minority in the state legislature.

While Obama is embarking on a mission to change the public’s mood, the story is much the same elsewhere in auto manufacturing states: The industry might be on the mend, but neither Obama nor the Democrats are reaping the benefits.

36 Feds say glasses with lead are kids’ products

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press

Tue Nov 23, 6:40 am ET

LOS ANGELES – It didn’t take long for federal regulators to put new rules on what makes a consumer product a “children’s product” to a very public test.

Last month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published a detailed explanation of the distinction between the two – a distinction that makes a big difference because it can trigger a range of strict rules.

On Monday, commission staff declared that sets of drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters were indeed children’s products, undercutting the position of the importer of the glasses, which said they were marketed to adults.

37 Conviction in Chandra Levy case overcame long odds

By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press

14 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Attorneys prosecuting the man ultimately convicted of murdering Chandra Levy didn’t have much to work with.

No eyewitnesses. No confession to police. The only DNA evidence of any consequence belonged to an unknown mystery man. And, oh yeah, for the first year she was missing, the whole world – including police – assumed that a congressman who had been having an affair with Levy was the culprit.

Even so, Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique was convicted Monday of murdering the Washington intern, nearly a decade after Levy went missing.

38 Former NC Gov. Easley guilty of 1 finance charge

By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press

40 mins ago

RALEIGH, N.C. – Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley was convicted Tuesday of a low-level felony and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for an improperly filed campaign finance report, the lone accusation to emerge after sweeping investigations into his personal and professional life.

A former prosecutor himself, Easley portrayed the matter during a court hearing as little more than a paperwork error, and his attorney later declared the charge showed there was never any corruption. Under a plea agreement, Easley accepted responsibility for campaign forms that failed to disclose a helicopter flight he took in 2006.

“As the candidate, I have to take responsibility for what the campaign does,” he told the judge. “The buck has to stop somewhere. It stops with me, and I take responsibility for what occurred in this instance.”

2 comments

  1. is the one day of the year that I do not go shopping. It is pure insanity with people going crazy over the latest toy, gadget, whatever, to be given as a gift that by New Years Day will be passe.

    I will go to the grocery store..Delightfully deserted.  

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