Epstein Secrets

toward forging a new government that would see the country's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki step aside. "A united Iraq is a stronger Iraq," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters last week. But Iraq's parliament failed to reach an agreement this week on the government's top posts. Also in

riety of other high-profile jazz artists. He was a significant presence on Herbie Hancock's Blue Note recordings, beginning with Takin' Off (1962) — Hancock's debut as a leader — and continuing on Empyrean Isles (1964) and Maiden Voyage (1965). Hubbard's other noteworthy session work in the 1960s includ

rging China with increasingly flouting international sanctions on North Korea, no longer bothering to try to obscure some of the efforts. One senior State Department official said, "It is not particularly disguised or hidden. The fact that China is making it easier on them makes it a much more reliable revenue st

provide effective representation,' he wrote." Marijuana Subpoena May Have Been Linked To Missouri FBI Probe. The Independence (MO) Examiner (12/7, Hancock, 13K) reports, "The head of Missouri's medical marijuana program testified under oath that a grand jury subpoena his agency received late last year

Royal Society, the National Institutes of Health, the State Department, NASA, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Techno

ber of concert dates with a re-staffed Headhunters, and became the first-ever Artist-In-Residence at the Tennessee-based festival Bonnaroo. In 2007, Hancock recorded and released ‘River: The Joni Letters’, a tribute to longtime friend and collaborator Joni Mitchell featuring Wayne Shorter, guitarist Lione