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...onto waiting planes. Whatever sloshed out soaked into the soil and eventually seeped into the water supply. Thirty years later, the rare visitor to the former U.S. air base is provided with rubber boots and protective clothing. Residue from Agent Orange, which was sprayed to deny enemy troops jungle cover, remains so toxic that this patch of land is considered one of the most contaminated pieces of real estate in the country. A recent study indicates that even three decades after the war ended, the cancer-causing dioxins are at levels 300 to 400 times higher than what is deemed...
...after a federal court in Brazil ruled he had legal custody of the boy, only to be greeted by news that a Supreme Court judge had decided to halt the procedure, declaring that the boy himself had to testify about where he preferred to live. (See TIME's 2000 cover story on Elian Gonzalez...
...December-January issue is due on newsstands sometime next week, featuring a graphic and redesigned logo on the cover, and infographics inside to break up articles. The publication has also redefined its content, featuring a “Spotlight” section, which will focus on “Reinvention” for the upcoming issue...
...table of contents were still on the cover,” he said of the prior redesign, referencing one of formerly defining marks of the publication until this issue’s overhaul...
...blog called Regret The Error keeps track of the fourth estate's follies. Freelance journalist Craig Silverman started the project in 2004 after reading the following correction from Lexington, Kent., Herald-Leader: "It has come to the editor's attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to cover the Civil Rights Movement. We regret the omission." Silverman has been tracking media-related corrections ever since. Regret the Error's annual "best of" list went up Dec. 16 (you can find it here). Reading it is like taking a stroll through the aftermath of a particularly amusing Jay Leno "Headlines" skit. (Read...