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| Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:00:00 EST Samuel Alito Jr. |
| Nicknamed "Scalito" for views resembling those of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito Jr. is a favorite son of the political right. Appointed in 1990 by George H.W. Bush to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Alito has earned a reputation for intellectual rigor and polite but frequent dissent in a court that has been historically liberal. His mettle, as well as a personable demeanor and ties to former Republican administrations, has long had observers buzzing about his potential rise to the high court. "Sam Alito is in my mind the strongest candidate on the list," says Pepperdine law Prof. Douglas Kmiec. "I know them all . . . but I think Sam is a standout because he's a judge's judge. He approaches cases with impartiality and open-mindedness." |
| Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:00:00 EST The art of the heart |
| Alexander Tsiaras is quite literally a visionary. With the aid of the highest of medical high technology, he peers inside the body and sculpts the raw data that pour from scanning machines into 3-D images that are alive and dramatic, full of color and texture. For more than 20 years, Tsiaras's company, Anatomical Travelogue, has used an artist's eye to stir a mix of photography, medical scans, and computer software to create books such as From Conception to Birth and The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman. His latest is The Invision Guide to a Healthy Heart. At $20, it is more affordable than his previous books, and there's a reason: He wants it to be a consumer guide. Images from the book will be exhibited at the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., through 2006 and at other museums in the months ahead. Tsiaras broke away from the opening of the Washington, D.C., exhibition to discuss the book. |
| Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:00:00 EST Mortimer B. Zuckerman: Getting back on track |
| The proverbial man from Mars, landing today, might wonder if we are all off our rockers. He will ask to be taken to our leader, but it will be hard to break through the White House bubble, and when we do find him, we encounter the leader of the free world preoccupied with domestic turmoil--beleagured by the rebellion of the right over the unfortunate Harriet Miers--and bothered even more now by the exposure of the grimy political machinery of a secretive administration in the Valerie Plame/CIA affair. |
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| Bush selects new court nominee |
| George Bush today put forward a judge with a well-attested conservative track record to replace Harriet Miers as his nominee for the US supreme court. |
| Blair seeks advice on Blunkett |
| No 10 says Blunkett has 'full support' as work and pensions secretary answers Commons questions. |
| Home truths |
| Ros Taylor finds out what the government says Britain's new citizens must get to know. |
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| Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:42:37 EST Bush nominates Alito to high court |
| President Bush today announced he is nominating 3rd Circuit Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "Judge Alito is one of the most accomplished and respected judges in America," Bush said. Legal experts consider Alito so ideologically similar to Justice Antonin Scalia that he has earned the nickname "Scalito." |
| Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:25:19 EST 6 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq |
| Four U.S. soldiers have been killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, and two other U.S. soldiers by an improvised explosive device in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. |
| Mon, 31 Oct 2005 04:18:19 EST Reid: White House owes explanation over CIA leak |
| The top Senate Democrat says the White House owes the country an explanation of "what's going on" in the administration and he is calling for Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to be fired. But Republicans say the CIA leak probe found no one in the administration did anything illegal regarding the CIA leak and the allegations only involve misstatements to the grand jury. |
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