| Mandella and Harty have some real talent
Lewis or the Feb. 10 San Vicente at seven furlongs. Mandella is keen on both horses. He said the CashCall showed that the lightly raced Into Mischief "likes to compete." "In his second start (a second in the Hollywood Prevue), he got off a little bad, and we tried to just sit and be patient with him," Mandella said. "But he almost seemed confused by it. So I suggested that Victor (Espinoza) let him run out of the gate and then take hold of him, so he at least kind of understood what we were trying to do. He ran like he did in his first race, where Victor just waited at the quarter pole with those horses, then it looked like he broke out the gate again. "… After seeing that, I think all options are open. You couldn't expect one to do much more in three races than he's done." Mandella, whose best finish with six previous starters was fifth in 1994, hasn't completely ruled out Dixie Chatter making the Derby.
Fighting for Justice, Even at His Own Peril
Haneef had given it to him in June 2006, and the card still had unused time on it. Public opinion abruptly shifted, with Dr. Haneef being seen as a victim of Australia's harsh antiterrorism laws and racism. Within two weeks the government dropped all criminal charges against him, but it revoked his visa and he returned to India. Mr. Keim, however, became the target of a new investigation. The commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, Mick Keelty, filed a complaint with the Queensland agency that oversees allegations of lawyer misconduct, as did a private lawyer, Russell Biddle. Releasing the transcript was "unprofessional and inappropriate," the federal police said in a statement, and resulted in "a great deal of misinformed and speculative reporting." Lawyers are prohibited here from releasing any documents that have not been filed in court.
New storm hits soggy Southern California
A fierce storm barreled into Southern California on Saturday, threatening to cause mudslides and other problems for the region, which has been saturated with rain over the past several days. Meanwhile, rescue crews found the body of a third avalanche victim and rescued a missing snowboarder who survived a frigid night in the San Gabriel Mountains. Christopher Allport, 60, of Santa Monica, was found Saturday morning and was one of two people reported missing Friday after a trio of avalanches swept off-trail canyons near the Mountain High ski resort in Wrightwood. Allport was a veteran character actor and had appeared on such TV shows as "ER," "Felicity," and "Matlock." He wrote a story that appeared in the Los Angeles Times in 2004 about the pleasures of backcountry skiing.
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