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...admission generated little more than a collective yawn. It could barely be heard above the buzz of outrage and glee over the simultaneous demise of another journalist--one who had not fabricated, plagiarized or done any of the things for which reporters have historically got in trouble. Bob Greene, 55, a nationally syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, best-selling author, local institution and married man, had admitted having had a sexual liaison over a decade ago with a teenage girl who was at the age of consent...
...fact is that being Bob Greene is different from being most people. Greene's franchise was his benign appropriateness, from his defense of abused children to his adoration of Michael Jordan. His colleagues knew that a more complex reality lurked nearby. "Anybody who was close to Bob was saddened by the news," says deputy managing editor James Warren, "but not necessarily surprised." So far, four other women have publicly claimed that they had a sexual encounter with Greene, who has been married for 31 years. Says Neil Steinberg, a rival columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times who has spent...
...talking, and neither is Greene--aside from a short, contrite e-mail he sent to the A.P., saying "I don't have the words to express the sadness I feel." But there's a decent chance the prolific Greene may find a way to capture an audience again. "Bob's one of the most commercially astute journalists I know," says Warren. "There will be a book and an Oprah appearance a year down the road." --Reported by Marguerite Michaels and Maggie Sieger/Chicago
...DIED. BOB HAYES, 59, Olympic gold-medal sprinter and Dallas Cowboys receiver; of complications from prostate cancer; in Jacksonville, Fla. Hayes tied the world record in the 100 meters in 1964 and later took his speed to the NFL. He finished his career with 71touchdowns--and a Super Bowl ring...
...last spectacular test of his faith, God directs Abraham to offer up "your son, your only one, whom you love, your Isaac" as a human sacrifice. With an obedience that has troubled modern thinkers from Kierkegaard ("Though Abraham arouses my admiration, he at the same time appalls me") to Bob Dylan ("Abe says, 'Where do you want this killin' done?' God says, 'Out on Highway 61'")--but which seems transcendentally right to traditionalists--the father commences to comply on a mountain called Moriah. Only at the last instant does God stay the father's hand and renew his pledge regarding...