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...blossoming of art centers across the border into South Australia. As a founder of Irrunytju Arts, Tommy Watson, a Pitjantjatjara man in his late 60s, is one of the new kids on the block. But with the eye-popping palette of his enamel-fired ceiling-which depicts a rock hole in his grandfather's country in a blaze of hot pink, green and red-we see the full bloom of the Western Desert three storeys above a Paris street...
...school, though it has been seriously vandalized, its rooms emptied of furniture donated by Shell. But the village, about 90 minutes from Warri by fast speedboat, is hardly thriving. A water tank installed about a decade ago doesn't work, forcing people to scoop their water from a muddy hole. Worst of all, complains Macaulay Elekute, another elder, there are no local jobs. Violence in the Delta is nothing new. Tribal conflict has plagued the region for years. Well-armed and organized gangs have been present almost as long as the oil companies, making tens of millions of dollars...
...recent scandals, including ministerial sexual shenanigans, have recalled the venality and incompetence that dogged the dying days of the 18-year-long Tory regime, which Blair tossed into the garbage can of history in 1997. Blair's reputation for decisive leadership has consistently been his ace in the hole. Last year, despite doubts about his honesty, 60% of Britons polled considered him a "strong leader." The scandals have corroded that approbation. Labour Members of Parliament fear the Prime Minister's decline will become a death spiral for the party, making potential Labour voters forget what Blair's government has achieved...
...rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital after he fell from the construction site on 52 Oxford Street at 12:53 p.m. Monday afternoon, according to Cambridge Fire Department Deputy Chief and Public Information Officer James Burns. “The medics stabilized him and transported him out from the hole of the construction site,” which is below street level, he said. The Methuen office of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating the incident, said OSHA spokesman John M. Chavez. The investigation by OSHA, which is a division of the US Department of Labor, is looking into...
...coming months, seniors' reviews of the program may also turn sour as they approach the "doughnut hole," the term given for the gap in coverage after a beneficiary receives the first $2,250 in Medicare payments. The senior then must pay the next $2,850 in costs until the bill reaches $5,100 and Medicare resumes paying. For many seniors who signed up early, the doughnut hole will soon arrive. "Once they hit it, they're going to be enormously surprised and upset," says Pollack. "When they're in the doughnut hole and they pay 100% of their drug costs...