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Time and again, people rounded up after 9/11 have not been permitted to talk to lawyers. Civil libertarians are especially uneasy about the legal no man's land at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where more than 600 captives from the war in Afghanistan are still being held and have not been accorded prisoner-of-war status. The government justifies this on the grounds that it needs to question them, but most of the interrogations are over. And it recently emerged that among the detainees are three boys from ages 13 to 15. The rules governing military...
...young man, Reginald Grant, 47, excelled in traditionally male, high-earning fields. A former Marine and defensive back for the New York Jets, he segued smoothly into subsequent careers in financial planning and software sales. During the tech boom, Grant co-founded two sports-related Internet-based companies. "I was a shark," he says. "You eat what you kill." But after the tech bubble vaporized, he found himself staring at a billboard advertising a teaching fellowship in Los Angeles. A year later, he's teaching honors English to eighth-graders in the tough Watts neighborhood. He makes...
...local wedding. Many young people live far from their hometown, and their parents may also have moved. For a bride who grew up in Nebraska, attended college in Chicago and has lived in California, New York and Arizona, her current residence may seem less than a home base. Chances are, no matter where a couple holds a wedding these days, people will have to travel to attend, so it makes sense to choose a special place that everyone will enjoy...
Sociologists say the rise of an educated black middle class, the Sunbelt migration boom, "reverse migration" by blacks from the North and the fact that the U.S. military--most of whose bases are in the South--has become one of the country's most integrated institutions have increased opportunities for blacks and whites to interact as equals and develop romantic relationships. These factors combined to help join the Edgeworths. Yvette, 35, a claims auditor at the Social Security Administration in Birmingham, grew up on air bases in California and Germany before her family moved to Maxwell Air Force Base...
Nobody succeeded in the greatest challenge of the day, organizers said. Any team bringing a living, breathing Conan O’Brien to the FYSC’s base in the Straus Common Room by the 5 p.m. deadline would net themselves 10,000 points...