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"It's beyond draconian," Wright said.

bagirra — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:40:00 GMT

"It's beyond draconian," Wright said. "It's insane. Not just for dropping 1 million children from healthcare, but also for losing substantial federal funding."One of the top Democrats on the 10-person legislative panel charged with shaping the state's deficit reduction plans also expressed frustration with Schwarzenegger's proposals."Unexpected twists make for good Hollywood stories but bad governance, especially in a time of crisis," said Assemblywoman Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa).

Suu Kyi, 63, went on trial four days ago accused

bagirra — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:39:00 GMT

Suu Kyi, 63, went on trial four days ago accused of breaching a house arrest order that expires next week. Pro- democracy campaigners say the ruling generals are looking for a legal pretext to put her in jail before 2010 elections.Ban said Suu Kyi, who is being held in Insein Prison in the former capital, Yangon, is in good health and UN officials in the country are monitoring her condition. Ban spoke in an interview with CNN aired yesterday.If Suu Kyi is found guilty, she could be jailed for as many five years The Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent 13 years in detention since her National League for Democracy party won Myanmar’s last elections in 1990, a result rejected by the military that has ruled the country formerly known as Burma since 1962.

2012

bagirra — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:39:00 GMT

Forecast shows a near-normal hurricane seasonWith the Atlantic hurricane season drawing near, the last of a growing number of storm prognosticators, Uncle Sam, chimed in Thursday with its predictions.Federal forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there probably would be nine to 14 named storms this year, with four to seven becoming hurricanes.

"He's playing with the confidence of a special

bagirra — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:38:00 GMT

"He's playing with the confidence of a special player," Denver coach George Karl said. "He's growing up right in front of us."Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, 23, stepped up confidently, too. He had 30 points and 13 rebounds in his East finals debut, leading the Magic to a surprise win in Game 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. "Dwight was a monster in the low post," Cavs coach Mike Brown said.Topping them all was newly crowned MVP LeBron James His 49-point outing for Cleveland didn't produce a victory in the East opener, but it might have produced a sleepless night for Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy.

The wild card in all this "T"-ness is Marcus

bagirra — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:37:00 GMT

The wild card in all this "T"-ness is Marcus (Sam Worthington), a Death Row inmate-turned-cyborg. "You think you're human," Connor tells him, and indeed he does. More important, so do we: Marcus the machine is a far more interesting character than Connor.The world McG presents to us is scorched and hostile, and the action is startling and visceral. Significantly, "Terminator Salvation" (or, affectionately, "T4") takes itself far more seriously than its predecessors. That might have come off as pretentious but instead seems believable -- as believable as a movie can be, anyway, when it's about besieged humanity, occupational forces, rebel insurgencies, torture, lawlessness and warfare by remote control.Malkin comes alive to lift Pens.