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...libraries, including Harvard’s Houghton Library, will meet at Yale on Aug. 7 to determine the ownership of 97 maps stolen by E. Forbes Smiley III. But at least four of those libraries, including the Houghton, are missing copies of the same maps, raising concern that Smiley may have taken more than he has admitted to stealing from seven libraries over a seven-and-a-half year period in a plea bargain he signed in June. The maps missing from Harvard’s collection, for example, overlap with maps missing from collections at the New York Public...
Such debates don't concern Lopez, who expects to spend another two months recuperating before heading home to Illinois. He and his wife share a small suite in the Fisher House on Walter Reed's grounds with their two daughters. Sasha, 2, and Sofia, born on July 13, are both Americans having been born on U.S. soil. "It was a little bit easier," their Dad says, "for them to become citizens...
...evidence of progress. The wildlife-crime bureau is still just a promising idea, and the government agencies in charge of conservation remain as ineffective as ever. Some wildlife experts argue that the Task Force may even be making the crisis worse. In its recommendations, it tries hard to balance concern for the animals with promoting the rights of poor farmers and tribal groups who share their land. "There are villages inside core tiger-reserve areas with no food, no education," says Narain. "While we need to arm guards and build fences, we also need to find ways to improve...
McCain says his son's service won't change his position on the war, and claims it won't even affect how he feels about it. "Like every parent who has a son or daughter serving that way, you will have great concern, but you'll also have great pride," McCain says. But it will be hard to ignore. If Republicans retain control of the Senate after November's midterm elections, McCain is due to become chairman of the Armed Services Committee in January, a position he has long aimed for. There he would have day-to-day responsibility...
...lives of others, they all seem to feel a certain degree of guilt. That much was clear earlier this week, when four recent evacuees from Lebanon talked of their harrowing experiences, and how their relief at getting out of the war zone has been tempered by their continuing concern and sadness over the thousands more left behind -- both the living and the dead...