While much has been made in the press of new Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's tireless efforts to deal with foreign trade and domestic economic issues, Treasury Department insiders say that they too are feeling the "Paulson effect" inside the building.
In 2005, the University of Utah's chapter of the Public Relations Student Society was close to dormant; a year later, it has now found new life, the Daily Utah Chronicle dutifully reports.
A student at the University of Michigan has told the Michigan Daily that former Rep. Mark Foley got his attention five years ago, when he was a page. Richard Nguyen, a first-year student at the university's Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, said he saw Foley make "inappropriate contact" with another page on the House floor, the Daily reports.
AP - Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's love of flying was never a secret. It was his escape from the stress of professional baseball and a way to see the world in a different light.
AP - Investigators are questioning witnesses in a House page scandal whose information could potentially sink Republicans trying to maintain a congressional majority.
AP - A North Korean official threatened "strong countermeasures" against Japan for new sanctions against the communist regime, Kyodo News agency reported from Pyongyang on Thursday.
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