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...Network's website, foodtv.com, features not only thousands of recipes from the likes of Bobby Flay, above, but plenty of quick video lessons too. Rachael Ray demonstrates a one-minute party punch, while Tyler Florence explains how to make a simple salad dressing in seconds. For beginners, there are basic lessons on subjects like chopping vegetables, cleaning shrimp and rolling dough. The site is free, but many of the videos are preceded by brief...
...Rough Treatment "One Life inside Gitmo" [March 13] reported that Mohammed al-Qahtani, the Saudi accused of being the so-called 20th hijacker on 9/11, was coerced into confessing his ties to al-Qaeda. When we obtain information from prisoners by denying them basic human rights and decency, then we are no better than the very organizations we are fighting. Against whom will the abusive interrogation techniques be used next-hardened criminals, drug dealers and political activists? Gilbert Laraque Miami...
...could make Basic Instinct 16. If guys will keep thinking I'm hot, I might turn it into a TV series." SHARON STONE, actress, at the premiere of Basic Instinct 2, on the possibility of expanding the nudity-filled movie franchise...
Patent lawsuits have soared over the past decade, up about 58% since 1995. The patent office is drowning in filings; one recent application is for a napkin band printed with advertising. The office is getting known as an easy grader, awarding patents too leniently, to such things as basic medical tests and "business methods" like one-click online shopping. That stifles innovation and blocks new products from the market, according to some experts. "There's a consensus in academia and the legal world that the patent system is seriously out of balance and needs reform," says economist Carl Shapiro...
...breakdown in general, saying that "two systemic weaknesses came together in our border system's inability to contribute to an effective defense against the 9/11 attacks: a lack of well-developed counterterrorism measures as a part of border security and an immigration system not able to deliver on its basic commitments, much less support counterterrorism. These weaknesses have been reduced but are far from being overcome...