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AIG says general counsel Kelly resigns over pay

American International Group Inc. has lost a top executive due to the government's limits on executive pay.

3 more Bank of America board members resign

Three more directors resigned from Bank of America Corp.'s board this week, the Charlotte, N.C., bank said in a regulatory filing.

AIG managers in Europe leave amid bonus spat

Two of American International Group Inc.'s top managers in Paris have resigned, just days after agreeing to return controversial retention bonuses.

Oregon Officials Quit Over Ethics Rule

In tiny Elgin, six of the seven City Council members are quitting. The entire five-member planning commission resigned last week.

Nation's Top Weather Officials Resign

One day after its hurricane forecasters complained of budget cuts, the head of the National Weather Service and his deputy announced they will retire next month.

The Vine
The Sins of Sarah Palin
Source: Politico

Sarah Palin is a sinner. She has violated several commandments and thoroughly deserves the savage beating that she is now getting from political mandarins and media elites.

Alaska's attorney general resigns - Los Angeles Times
Source: The L.A. Times

Atty. Gen. Talis Colberg had told Gov. Sarah Palin's husband and nine state employees they could ignore subpoenas in the 'Troopergate' inquiry, putting him at odds with lawmakers.Alaska Atty. Gen. Talis Colberg, who defended Gov.

Spyware programs on work computers tell all
Source: WFLXfox29

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WFLX) - Recent studies show the average person surfs the net at work for one to two hours for personal reasons and not for work duties.

Back to Reality (Scopes Redux)
Source: The New York Times

The most notable characteristic of the Bush administration's science policy has been the repeated distortion and suppression of scientific evidence in order to fit ideological preferences about how the world should be, rather than how it is.

America Supports You head Allison Barber leaving DOD
Source: stripes.com

Allison Barber, who directed the now defunct American Forces Information Service that was the parent organization of Stars and Stripes, has resigned after seven years as a deputy assistant secretary of defense, officials said Monday.

It's official : Tim Griffin is Out
Source: arktimes.com

The US Justice Department has notified Arkansas's congressional delegation that Interim Eastern District US Attorney Tim Griffin is resigning effective Friday, June 1. Jane Duke will become acting US attorney.

No Dissent on Spying, Says Justice Dept.
Source: The Washington Post

The Justice Department said yesterday that it will not retract a sworn statement in 2006 by Attorney General Alberto R Gonzales that the Terrorist Surveillance Program had aroused no controversy inside the Bush administration, despite congressional testimony Tuesday that senior d …

Top Security Chiefs Leaving in Droves
Source: TIME

Top members of President Bush's national security team are leaving in one of the earliest waves of departures from a second-term Administration — nearly two years before Bush's time ends.

World Bank Panel Finds Wolfowitz at Fault; Aide Resigns
Source: The New York Times

A committee of World Bank directors has formally notified Paul D Wolfowitz that they found him to be guilty of a conflict of interest in arranging for a pay raise and promotion for Shaha Ali Riza, his companion, in 2005. The findings stepped up the pressure on Mr.

Nora Ephron: The Answer to the Question 'Why Didn't George Tenet Just Resign?'
Source: The Huffington Post

No one resigns. I don't know why anyone thinks anyone does. Or is ever going to.

US attorney general's aide quits
Source: BBC News

A top US Justice Department official who refused to testify before Congress about her role in the sacking of eight federal prosecutors has resigned. Monica Goodling, who was senior counsel to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, gave no reason for her abrupt decision.

Saudi Ambassador Abruptly Resigns, Leaves Washington
Source: The Washington Post

Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, flew out of Washington yesterday after informing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and his staff that he would be leaving the post after only 15 months on the job, according to US officials and foreign env …

Video: Bush Caught In Lie About Snow Resignation
Source: Think Progress

If the economy is doing so great, why would acknowledging Treas. Sec. Snow's resignation have any affect on the markets? It's such a trivial event, from a 'big picture' point of view, it hardly seems worth lying about... unless maybe there's more to this than meets the eye.

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