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THE COFFEE BREAK - Thursday, March 27, 2008
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama posted his
2005-2006 tax returns on his campaign Web site and urged his
rival to do the same, his campaign said.
The Hill reported that Obama's campaign is calling on
Hillary Clinton, the junior senator from New York, to
release her tax returns before the April 22 primary in
Pennsylvania.
Robert Gibbs, a spokesman for the Illinois senator, said
Clinton will do so if she values transparency in government.
The Clinton campaign said Monday that the senator planned
to release her tax filings after the April 15 filing
deadline, but before the Pennsylvania primary.
Obama's campaign has insisted that the tax filings are
need to determine the origin of a $5 million loan Clinton
made her campaign and more information on how her husband,
former President Bill Clinton, received a $20 million
payout from Yucaipa, which the newspaper reported is a
supermarket holding company that invests in offshore tax
shelters.
"Senator Clinton recently claimed that she's 'the most
transparent figure in public life,' yet she's dragging
her feet in releasing something as basic as her annual
tax returns," Gibbs said in a statement. "Senator Clinton
can't claim to be vetted until she allows the public the
opportunity to see her finances."
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Man, 93, charged in prostitution sting
Prosecutors in Manatee County, Fla., accuse a 93-year-old
man of attempting to pay an undercover officer disguised
as a prostitute for sex during a sting. Frank Milio, 93,
allegedly offered the undercover police officer $20 for
sex during the November operation, the Sarasota (Fla.)
Herald-Tribune reported Tuesday. Prosecutors said the
suspect will likely face trial in April. Milio has denied
the charges but admitted to flirting with the officer. "I
haven't had that in years," he said. "Ninety-three is kind
of old." The prosecutors said a second 93-year-old man who
spoke to the undercover officer during the prostitution
sting will not face charges. They said Carlos Underhill
told the woman he was planning to return in a few hours
with $30 to exchange for sexual favors. However, the
prosecutors said they cannot prosecute the man because
they have no way of proving that he really intended to
return. "All I was going to do was talk," Underhill said
Monday. "It wasn't for sex. I am 93, you know."
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Small dog escapes gator's clutches
The Lutz, Fla., owners of a small dog said their pet was
able to escape the teeth of an alligator with no broken
bones or internal bleeding. Mike and Cathy Piendel said
Gizmo, their 7-pound Maltese-toy poodle mix, suffered
puncture wounds on his ear and back leg from his encounter
with the gator, but a veterinarian told them the pooch is
expected to make a full recovery, TBO.com reported Tuesday.
The Piendels said they heard Gizmo yelping in a panicked
fashion Sunday and they spotted him with his ear in the
clutches of the alligator, which was attempting to pull
the small dog under the water. The dog briefly escaped,
but the reptile managed to take hold of one of his thighs
before Cathy Piendel scared the predator off with a scream.
"Not one broken bone; no internal bleeding," Cathy Piendel
said. "His white blood cell count is 10 times the normal
level, but that's because of the infection" from the bite.
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Landlord offers cash to keep school open
A Canadian landlord is offering a $100,000 guarantee that
he can boost enrollment at an Edmonton, Alberta, school
with an uncertain future. Reg Appleyard, executive director
of Meadowcroft Housing Society of Edmonton, told public
school trustees that he will guarantee that 110 students
are enrolled in Woodcroft Elementary School by Sept. 15,
and the society will pay the school board nearly $5,000
for every student short of the goal, up to $98,224, the
Edmonton, Alberta, Journal reported Tuesday. The school
board is set to decide in June whether to keep the school
open despite low enrollment in recent years. Appleyard
said the mixed-income development is now requiring new
residents to make a verbal agreement to send their
children to the school. "We've already started signing up
people that will do that," Appleyard said. "We bought this
complex 30 years ago, and we've always set aside funds each
year for crises or emergencies," he said. "We feel that
this is probably the biggest crisis we've faced in
30 years, and so we are prepared to use some of our reserve
funds to try to solve the Woodcroft Elementary School
problem."
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