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...Ambassador, John Bolton, whose confirmation hearings begin this week. "We might filibuster him," Reid told TIME. And he added another name to the list of those who might be talked to death: Stephen Johnson, whose nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency has drawn fire from California Senator Barbara Boxer over a pesticide-testing program involving children...
...Beijing and the Holy See were close to a deal in 2000, but it was derailed by the sanctioned church, which deliberately offended Rome by elevating four bishops without first informing the Vatican. The Vatican retaliated by canonizing Christians killed during the Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the 20th century. The Pope later mended fences by apologizing for the Church's mistakes in China over the past four centuries, and last week, Beijing's Foreign Ministry expressed "sadness" at his passing. But the two sides haven't gone back to the negotiating table. "The Chinese side," says Joseph...
Last Sunday night, NBC’s hit reality show “The Contender” aired the boxer Najai “Nitro” Turpin’s final fight. Turpin, a contestant on the show competing for the one million dollar prize, killed himself on February 14. Friends, family, and the producers of the show were shocked by Turpin’s suicide, unable to understand why he did it. The death of Turpin is a tragedy, but what is equally as sad is the reaction by some to Turpin’s passing...
...Turpin was a man of incredible inner strength. Despite facing the adversity of Philadelphia’s inner-city and, at the age of 18, assuming responsibility for his younger brother, sister, niece and nephew when his mother passed away, Turpin trained tirelessly as a boxer. Between his 10 to 12 hour workdays, Turpin managed to squeeze in training, achieving a record of 13-1-0. Clearly, Turpin was tough...
...people -- a demographic that makes it particularly attractive to those with things to sell. And while the green-card lawyers were creating a diversion, hundreds of businesses were quietly staking out the territory. Silicon Graphics, a computer manufacturer, uses the Internet to distribute software and answer customer questions. Joe Boxer, a San Francisco design firm that makes colorful and offbeat men's briefs, invites customers to submit "underwear stories" to its Internet address joeboxer.com...