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...Keone's dream seems about to come true, thanks to a pioneering medical treatment. Exactly a year ago last week, Keone, now 13, became the first sickle-cell patient to receive a transplant of blood cells from the umbilical cord of a newborn infant. In effect, he got a new bloodmaking system. Other young sickle-cell patients have undergone transplants, but these involved bone-marrow cells and had to be matched precisely with the recipients' own blood. In Keone's case, though, his half-sister could not offer matching marrow. So his doctors decided to turn to more easily available...
...when James Labe, the tea sommelier, will bring out a platter of 10 loose-leaf teas. Some neophytes might balk at offerings like Bao Jong, a honey-tasting Taiwanese tea, which goes for $10 a pot. Madden, 45, who only started drinking such teas in earnest two years ago, not only ordered a pot; she also handed Labe $120 for a 6-oz. bag to take home. "I know this sounds crazy," she says, "but once you know the difference, you'll pay that...
Although we worked hard last April to report the news in the days following the shootings, we felt there were questions that still needed to be answered. So six weeks ago, we sent a team back to Littleton, Colo., to investigate what actually motivated the killers and find out what they were really like. What could we learn about how to spot--and deal with--the demons that can lurk inside the souls of seemingly average kids? What was the community doing to heal its wounds and prevent such shootings in the future...
...MacRae is a newfangled sort of celebrity. In centuries past, those who handled sheepdogs were known as shepherds, and their occupation was so humble that many fled to America to escape it. These days, however, competitive sheepherding ranks among the fastest-growing outdoor sports in the U.S. Fifteen years ago, perhaps a dozen sheepdog trials were held each year; now there are more than 250. Tens of thousands of prosperous suburbanites, like those here, spend every weekend training their dogs to usher scatterbrained sheep into formations of almost military precision. And each handler dreams of being the next MacRae...
Beyond the religious significance of Christmas, I have always loved its tacky excesses: the plastic decorations, chain-store elves and TV spectaculars that feature talking reindeer, children's choirs and ads with Santa flying down a hill on a Norelco razor. But a couple of years ago, I had a midnight epiphany at Wal-Mart. Weighed down by sporting equipment and plastic toys, I realized that I had bought more gifts than anyone on my list could want or need and that it wasn't good for their spirits--or mine...