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...Those few friends became 350,000 visitors, thanks to Twitter and Facebook's ability to turn even the most obscure nugget into a trend. In just three days, thousands of people have left Byrne Fields messages, posted comments, and e-mailed their appreciation. Byrne Fields says she is grateful but overwhelmed by the response. "I wish I could reply to everyone individually, but there's no way I have time for it. I guess that's how John Hughes felt, actually...
Every night at 11 p.m., the village of Dörentrup in central Germany is thrown into total darkness. Strapped for cash for the past few years, the local council has taken to switching off all the streetlights. But while the scheme saves money, it left residents like Dieter Grote and his wife worrying about their children coming home in the dark. "My wife has all the good ideas," says Grote, who runs an advertising agency. "I discussed the problem with her and we thought it must be possible to have the lights available on demand." Grote got in touch...
...hard-line views on immigration. Fortuyn's friend and compatriot Theo van Gogh was working on a film about Fortuyn's assassination when he himself was murdered in 2004. His killer, a Dutch Muslim of Moroccan descent angered by Submission, Van Gogh's polemic against Islam, left a note on the body signed "Saifu Deen al-Muwahhied." Wilders had been threatened in a letter with the same signature (which means "Unifying sword of religion") earlier that year. He still receives 24-hour police protection. "I lost my freedom," says Wilders. "It is a very high price...
...Becky Cohn, last year she decided she had to try something different. Diets hadn't worked, and she wanted Molly - soon to enter the fifth grade - to be able to make good decisions on her own. In June, mother and daughter left their home in Birmingham, Ala., and traveled to Camp Shane, a weight-loss camp for kids age 7 and older in New York's Catskill Mountains. There, in an idyllic rural setting, kids like Molly try out new sports and activities and learn about calories, how to read food labels and, of course, the importance of eating three...
...private moment with my dad to thank him for sticking with it," his son Michael told reporters outside the hospital after the papers freeing his father were signed. "It was very emotional when the guards left...