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Good money after bad


With his role in the state credit union crisis, Antonio Giordano didn't seem like the best risk for public money. But that did nothing to stop a $15 million loan -- now in default -- from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
BY STEVEN STYCOS
 
AS THE PROJO TURNS
NLRB showdown looms after the laughs

THE ENVIRONMENT
Outlook mixed on money for habitat restoration

THE RESPONSE
Privacy expert sees misplaced focus after 9/11
photo Colombia's 'dirty war'
Right-wing terror squads torture and kill union workers and kill activists
BY PATRICK KEANEY
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A tough call: Lincoln gets Oster-ized
Should a public official resign his or her post after being charged with a crime? With the weekend arrest of Jonathan Oster, the former state senator and Lincoln town administrator, this question is once again being asked throughout the Biggest Little. Last time, the subject was the Bud-I, but the debate on this matter seems to have died down (except in Charlie Bakst's column and -- probably -- Governor Almond's gut).
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Down with OPB
Are Other People's Babies ruining your life?
BY KRIS FRIESWICK
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