Judge: Vick can keep $16.25M in bonuses
Boston Globe - Doty also ruled that the Falcons may not use state law, even in a grievance procedure, to try to recoup Vick’s bonus money. Falcons president Rich McKay issued a statement saying the team is disappointed with the ruling, but that it won’t affect the

Lawmakers complain Bush budget cuts California firefighting money
San Francisco Gate - Dianne Feinstein. Overall the budget for the U.S. Forest Service would decline from $4.5 billion in 2008 to $4.1 billion in 2009 under Bush’s proposal. However the Democrats who control Congress will likely change those numbers before they become law.

Clorox hires Hogan & Hartson to lobby federal government on pesticide
CNBC - Such products should also be clearly labeled to prevent them from entering the U.S. market. Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in 1995. They

New Century files Ch 11 liquidation plan
Boston Globe - Indelicato, who is with the Hahn & Hessen law firm, represents the official committee of unsecured creditors in New Century’s bankruptcy. Those creditors will get a share of the proceeds of any litigation stemming from New Century’s collapse

Clinton Has Emotional Reunion
Washington Post - Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gets emmotional as she speaks about her time as a volunteer at the Yale Child Study Center, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, in New Haven, Conn., during a round table discussion. Clinton volunteered at the center while she was a law

Iraq’s new law on ex-Baathists could bring another purge
Newsday - Maj. Gen. Hussein al-Awadi, a former official in Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party, became the commander of the Iraqi National Police despite a 2003 law barring the party from government. But now, under new legislation promoted as way to return former