Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff Shannon.
Chris Inglis, the deputy director of the National Security Agency and its top civilian official, stepped down this week, according to an agency spokeswoman. Fran Fleisch is now serving as the acting NSA deputy director, the agency's No. 2 position. She had been the NSA executive director, which is the third-highest ranking post. Inglis had previously said he would step down by the end of the year. NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander plans to retire in the spring.
Sharon Helman, ex-Phoenix VA hospital director, pleads guilty in 2016. Helman gets probation after admitting to false financial disclosure in connection with gifts from a lobbyist Sharon Helman, the former Phoenix VA Health Care System director fired in 2014, pleaded guilty on March 1, 2016, to filing a false financial disclosure that failed to list about $50,000 in gifts she received from a lobbyist.