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AP Photo/Yuri Gripas From Phil Hirschkorn and Laura StricklerIn March, we reported on Steven Griles, the deputy secretary of the Interior Department during President Bush s first term, when he pleaded guilty to obstructing a government investigation into the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. Now his former girlfrien
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stanley bottle e Norton and a go-between between Abramoff and Griles has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges of tax evasion and obstructing a U.S. Senate proceeding. She is due to enter her plea before a federal judge on Friday. Federici s 2005 testimony before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee was especially notable as she defied questioning by Arizona Republican John McCain, then committee chairman, who threatened her with contempt. In one exchange he asked, Ms. Federici, I would very much appreciate it if you would specifically answer the question. To which she replied, I m proud of myself for having been personally helpful to a friend who had desperate clients. That friend was Abramoff.Federici s ensuing legal trouble
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A team of architects has updated and fleshed out its SkyCycle plan鈥攁 bizarre concept that would use the empty channels above some train lines to build floating, bike-only cycle superhighways. The idea, should it ever be allowed, approved, funded and built, is to create a 136-mile network of elevated cycle routes spanning the city of London, accessed through various slipway ramps, that would begin with a first p
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stanley termosy If it gets the go-ahead, the network would take 20 years to complete, and then our cyclists and drivers could both go their separate ways and stop punching each other in the face at junctions. Hopefully there will be separate lanes, though鈥攐ne for the lycra enthusiasts to race each other in and another for the family dawdlers and sightseers鈥攅lse we might see the battle for possession of the city travel space simply moved a little higher up. [BBC] Gizmodo UK is gobbling up the news in a different timezone鈥攕o check them out if you need another Giz fix. ArchitectureBIKES
