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RESCUE ME FX, TUESDAYS, 10 P.M. E.T. Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary, below) is trying to explain to his daughter what happened to the soul of his son, killed by a drunken driver last season. "He's here," Gavin fumbles, pointing to his head and chest, "and here." She giggles: "That was really lame, Dad." The scene is moving--Gavin so badly wants to make her, and himself, believe--yet hilarious. This firefighter drama, in its third season, is a black-humored study of why men lie--to themselves, each other, God, their families and women (this season, including guest star...
...taken into consideration when looking at what punishment should be meted out. "Isn't it a strange turn of events that Marines are expected to be perfect under the stresses and brutality of a guerrilla war, but society says we need to uncover every mitigating circumstance that would possibly explain why street criminals kill?" Whether society is really that lenient towards street criminals seems open to debate. But what is not at issue is that Haditha has already begun to shake the leadership of the Marines at its core...
...That growing gap between Afghanistan's haves and have-nots helps explain why a U.S. military convoy accident triggered riots that engulfed Kabul on Monday, leaving at least 14 people dead, over 100 injured and millions of dollars of damage. It was the worst violence to sweep the Afghan capital since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban, and in the process, it shattered the illusion that the city would remain untouched by the growing unrest in the south and east - as well as the notion that the Taliban or its sympathizers were the only violent threat to the Western presence...
...powered telecom firm in a fictional Silicon Valley locale. He followed Paranoia, his first New York Times best seller, with another, Company Man, about the old-line office-furniture industry. Finder had found his niche: John Grisham--like thrillers starring business people instead of lawyers. Finder is careful to explain, though, that his books rely on human emotion, not corporate scheming, for their drama. "They're not about high finance," he says. "They're a portrait of life in the corporate world, with regular people...
...topic of discomfort, can you explain one of your early film roles, in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death? It's about radical feminists who are eating men in the jungle. I was the bumbling guide. I have fond memories of spending two months with my shirt off in the jungle. It was me and two babes. It was kind...