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...fishing in the bayous of Louisiana as a boy, my friend Thomas would sometimes steal ice from those machines outside gas stations. He had the theory that ice should be free. We didn't reflect much on who would make the ice if it were free, but fortunately we grew out of that phase. Likewise, those who believe that all content should be free should reflect on who will open bureaus in Baghdad or be able to fly off as freelancers to report in Rwanda under such a system...
Eric Holder Jr. was trained long ago in crime and punishment. He grew up in the East Elmhurst section of Queens, N.Y.--so populated by cops and firefighters that rush hour looked like the shift change at a station house. A popular teen prank was setting off the red fire-alarm box near his modest brick house on 101st Street. Nearly everyone tried it once, but not Eric, the churchgoing Boy Scout who knew the consequence of disobeying rules: "A good, quick smack on the bottom," his mother Miriam recalls. "If you did something wrong, you're going to have...
...their songs tended usually (and, in light of lyrical choice, thankfully) toward the uncertain, but generally shared a thematic convergence of childlike awe, exuberance, and ecstatic joy propelled by a fascination with dynamic tension that can only rightly be called explosive.Then in 2007, the nascent cult around the band grew exponentially—and rightly so—for two reasons. The first came in March, when Lennox released his third solo album, the sublime, sample-bending “Person Pitch,” to widespread critical acclaim. The second came in December, when the band proper released their...
...independent investigator said Madoff's fraudulent fund was in the $3 billion to $7 billion range in 2000, then a year later grew to near $20 billion, and then eventually to its reported $50 billion in late 2008. He said there were at least 14 feeder funds...
...arranging an underage marriage, both were released within 10 days. Nujood's father, an out-of-work laborer, told the judge he simply wanted to shield his daughter from possible violence on Sanaa's streets. Nujood's ex-husband slipped out of sight last summer as the media attention grew. A sympathetic friend reimbursed him for the dowry of about $250 that he had paid to Nujood's father. Asked by a reporter in Paris if she hopes to meet her Prince Charming one day, Nujood sat back in her chair, crossed her arms and said bluntly, "I no longer...