http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/levy/ en-us Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:58:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377052/posts On Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Fernando Campoamor told a judge in D.C Superior Court that accused murderer and gang member Ingmar Guandique, 28, along with members of the MS-13 gang threatened to kill a witness and his family, if he testifies at Guandique’s January trial.A Salvadoran national in this country illegally, Guandique was arrested last April for the murder of missing intern Chandra Levy, who disappeared in 2001. Her skeletal remains were discovered a year later in D.C.’s Rock Creek Park.At the time of his arrest for the Levy murder, he was already in prison for the assault of two... Norfolk Crime Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377052/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:58:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344406/posts More than a year after Bay Area air pollution regulators became the first in the nation to charge businesses for pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the program has raked in close to $1.7 million. And as early as this week, the state may follow suit by imposing similar fees on large California polluters as part of an ongoing effort to cut greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020. The proposed program from the California Air Resources Board and the fledgling regional effort are designed to use the fees to pay for measuring, monitoring and studying the emissions blamed for global... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344406/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:55:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2289908/posts From July 16 through July 22, 1994, pieces of an object designated as Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. This is the first collision of two solar system bodies ever to be observed, and the effects of the comet impacts on Jupiter's atmosphere have been simply spectacular and beyond expectations. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 consisted of at least 21 discernable fragments with diameters estimated at up to 2 kilometers. JPL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2289908/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241602/posts An attorney who served in the Clinton administration was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide at his Washington law office. Kilpatrick Stockton, an Atlanta firm, confirmed in a statement that attorney Mark Levy had died. "Mark Levy was well known and highly respected for his successful appearances before the Supreme Court of the United States," said Bill Dorris, the firm's co-managing partner. Levy was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice between 1993 and 1995 and served five years in the Solicitor General's office. D.C. Police spokeswoman Helen Andrews said officers were called to an office... SFgate ` AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241602/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:46:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200734/posts The dreaded "i-word" is not part of the mainstream media lexicon these days. Most coverage does not use "illegal immigrant" or "illegal alien" to describe the suspect in the Levy case. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200734/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:30:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198586/posts Police on Tuesday obtained an arrest warrant for El Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique for the 2001 killing of Modesto's Chandra Levy, opening a dramatic new chapter in one of the nation’s most enduring murder mysteries. Bee Washington Bureau http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198586/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 01:08:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198334/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for an imprisoned Salvadoran immigrant in the killing of federal intern Chandra Levy, nearly eight years after the case captivated the nation's capital and ended the career of a congressman. The warrant accuses Ingmar Guandique (gwan-DEE'-kay) of killing Levy on May 1, 2001, as she walked her dog through Washington's Rock Creek Park, said U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor. Guandique, 27, is already serving time in a federal prison in Adelanto, Calif., for attacking two women in the same park. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198334/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:49:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191069/posts Barack Hussein Obama will propose a massive business tax on greenhouse gases in his FY 2010 federal budget to be presented this week.The massive tax increase and power grab was buried at the end on article on Obama's forthcoming budget proposal in The New York Times:On energy policy, Mr. Obama’s budget will show new revenues by 2012 from his proposal to require companies to buy permits from the government for greenhouse gas emissions above a certain cap. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the permits would raise up to $300 billion a year by 2020. Since companies would pass their... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191069/posts#comment Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:36:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190905/posts While D.C. police focused most of their investigative efforts on Rep. Gary Condit and his relationship to missing intern Chandra Levy, they were slow to recognize another lead. It involved a man who was attacking women in the woods of Rock Creek Park. The day Chandra disappeared, May 1, 2001, Ingmar A. Guandique, a 19-year-old illegal Salvadoran immigrant, did not show up for his construction job. Around that time, he went to stay with his former landlady, Sheila Phillips Cruz, the manager of an apartment building on Somerset Place NW. Cruz noticed that Guandique looked like he had been in... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190905/posts#comment Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:59:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190800/posts (02-21) 08:12 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- An arrest may be near in the nearly decade-old slaying of federal intern Chandra Levy, whose disappearance in 2001 ended Gary Condit's congressional career, several television stations reported. The California Democrat was romantically linked to Levy, but was not considered a suspect in her death or disappearance. Television stations, KFSN and KCRA in California and WRC in Washington, D.C., reported that police were seeking an arrest warrant. Levy's parents said Friday outside their Modesto, Calif., home that police called them and told them an arrest was near. "Your child is dead and gone and... San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190800/posts#comment Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:42:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190624/posts Police are preparing to make an arrest in the murder of Congressional Intern Chandra Levy... ...an inmate in the D.C. corrections system has told other prisoners that he killed Levy after seeing her in the park where her body was found. The inmate is identified as Igman Andique. He is in jail for attacks on other women in that same park. The case has stumped police for years and ended the career of California Congressman Gary Condit after he was romantically linked to the 24-year-old from Modesto. KGO TV (SF) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190624/posts#comment Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:14:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069786/posts Wednesday morning, August 27, between 11 am and 1:30 pm EST or 9 am and 11:30 am mountain time, I'll be chairing a New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force event in Denver at the Colorado History Museum. The keynotes are Senator JOHN KERRY (D-MA), Obama National Security Adviser GREG CRAIG, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School Dean ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER, former Congressman and Obama Adviser MEL LEVINE, former German Foreign Minister JOSCHKA FISCHER, and Aspen Institute President (and former CNN Chairman and CEO and TIME Managing Editor) Walter Isaacson. Our panel will be former Israeli negotiator and New America Foundation Senior Fellow... The Washington Note http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069786/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:11:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050790/posts Seven years after Chandra Levy's remains were found in a Washington, D.C., park, a year-long investigation by the Washington Post offers evidence the congressional intern was murdered by an illegal alien. As suspicion mounted that Levy's boss, Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., might be involved in her disappearance, the case became front-page news in the summer of 2001. But with the Sept. 11 attacks, law enforcement personnel in the capital quickly turned their attention to the the nation's security, and Levy's case became a distant memory for the public. But the Post says that as authorities searched for Levy in Rock... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050790/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:40:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042874/posts WASHINGTON — A federal judge has thrown out former California Congressman Gary Condit's defamation lawsuit against author Dominick Dunne, extending the one-time lawmaker's costly courtroom losing streak over rumors of his relationship to murdered intern Chandra Levy. In a 22-page opinion issued Tuesday morning, U.S. District Judge Peter Leisure summarily dismissed Condit's suit and ruled the First Amendment as well as California law protected Dunne's expressions of opinion. The ruling further shrinks Condit's legal maneuvering room. "I'm just delighted," Dunne's attorney Paul LiCalsi said Tuesday. "This was an abusive lawsuit all along." (snip) The new ruling comes one year after... McClatchy News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042874/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946868/posts A group of criminal justice students at a small Atlanta college are preparing to launch their own investigation into the 2001 disappearance and slaying of Modesto resident Chandra Levy in Washington, D.C. Since 2005, students at Bauder College have sifted through old evidence and case files from unsolved crimes as part of the school's Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, according to institute director Sheryl McCollum. This year, Levy's homicide and the disappearance three years ago of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba are on their agenda. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946868/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jan 2008 21:08:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909465/posts ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The mayor of this gambling resort resigned Wednesday after a two-week absence from office during which he checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic. Robert Levy's disappearance came amid a federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam. "Mr. Levy has concluded that public confidence is so eroded by these circumstances that the only responsible action is to step down," his attorney, Edwin Jacobs, said. "He does so with great regret and with apologies to his supporters, to the people of Atlantic City, and to his family and friends." The president of the seaside city's council... Philly Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909465/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:38:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907723/posts ATLANTIC CITY - The possible whereabouts of Atlantic City Mayor Bob Levy continue to make national news, including top billing Saturday on AOL's list of news stories, fueling additional media focus on his mysterious absence. Major news organizations such as Fox News and NPR also are planning coverage into next week. Levy vanished from public life Sept. 26, the day he signed seven ordinances and city officials said he transferred power to city Business Administrator Domenic Cappella. Officials, his family and his lawyer have refused to say where he is, claiming privacy regulations that experts say do not apply. Levy's... The Press of Atlantic City http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907723/posts#comment Sun, 7 Oct 2007 11:42:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865256/posts Leading Democrats in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail are having a difficult time agreeing on what it means to be wealthy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said it means earning $500,000 or more annually. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) contends that raising the tax rate on families making more than $400,000 could offset legislation to slash taxes on the middle class. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865256/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:51:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1798868/posts In most good heist movies there is always a moment when the bad guys fall out. A disagreement over splitting the loot turns to violence. More usually, one of the gang, fearing the Old Bill, sings like a canary. What you do not expect is to see the Lavender Hill Mob played out inside Downing Street. The cash for honours investigation is reaching its climax. Assistant Commissioner John Yates and his Scotland Yard colleagues are said to be confident of bringing charges under both the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act of 1925 and for perverting the course of justice. The... The Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1798868/posts#comment Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739100/posts Famed writer Dominick Dunne can't stop blabbing about Gary Condit, the ex-California congressman who was forced to fend off claims that he withheld information from authorities about the slaying of Washington intern Chandra Levy. , claiming the Vanity Fair correspondent caused him to suffer "public hatred, contempt and ridicule" as a result of comments Dunne made on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Nov. 16, 2005. Eight months after publicly apologizing to Condit, Dunne told the show's fill-in host Bob Costas: "I think [Condit] knows more about what did happen than he has ever said." Condit's asking for more than $75,000... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739100/posts#comment Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:39:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671642/posts SAN DIEGO – An attorney for the city's largest employee union is demanding that the City Council levy a new tax on San Diego property owners to help pay municipal pension obligations. In a letter sent to Mayor Jerry Sanders and the City Council, SDMEA attorney Ann Smith stated that “adding such a 'pension' tax to the city's annual tax levy is not a matter of discretion, but rather a matter of duty, and therefore, enforceable by the courts.” The mayor could not be immediately reached for comment on the letter, which was sent Friday and made public Monday. But... San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671642/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:20:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664388/posts Tony Blair's chief fundraiser Lord Levy has been arrested. His arrest is in connection with the "cash-for-honours" inquiry by the Metropolitan Police. Lord Levy, 61, made his money in the music industry in the 1960s and 1970s, managing singers including Alvin Stardust and Chris Rea. He has been a high profile fundraiser for Labour since Tony Blair's election. Lord Levy is understood to be being held at a North London police station. Asked if he had any reaction to the news that Lord Levy had been arrested, the prime minister's official spokesman said: "I cannot comment on that, it is... BBC Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664388/posts#comment Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:05:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655515/posts In April, 1940, Norwegian politician Vidkun J. Quisling became the first politician in history to use the radio airwaves to announce a coup d'etat, declaring the formation of an ad-hoc government during the confusion brought on by the Nazi invasion of Norway. Quisling hoped his action would result in Nazi recognition of Quisling as head of state. Instead, his treasonous action earned him a different kind of recognition. Today, the name "Quisling" stands beside that of Benedict Arnold as a synonym for "traitor." Quisling's treacherous efforts to use his country's peril to advance his own personal political fortunes also earned... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655515/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jun 2006 01:15:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635918/posts Big Questions About the Big Easy Hughes Joseph Hughes chairs the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech and serves on the EPA's environmental engineering advisory committee. He toured the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast with President Wayne Clough in November, spoke to former Alumni Association trustees in January and recently sat down with the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Hughes now is helping coordinate a conference that will address the future of New Orleans.What is Georgia Tech's role in the rebuilding of New Orleans? We're at the stage right now in the discussion where there are real questions whether we should rebuild... Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635918/posts#comment Sun, 21 May 2006 17:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628904/posts Enhanced pension deals are county's albatross... The county has the distinction of carrying more retirees (6,050) than active employees (4,631) on county health insurance. Add in 3,100 spouses and dependents of retirees, and the county is insuring more than 9,000 individuals on the retiree side. The county now pays out more in health care for retirees than for active employees. In addition to her monthly check, she was promised, and cherishes, free health insurance for the rest of her life. It is the sum of such promises to Schumann and 6,000-plus other retirees that is a major stumbling block as... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628904/posts#comment Tue, 9 May 2006 00:57:46 GMT