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...they died from a bout of overindulgence of mistletoe during the holidays? The answer to both is no, according to experts at Texas A&M University. They say the grackles fell prey to parasites and a sudden dip in temperatures, struck down by a double whammy of bad luck in the bird world...
...movie last year. Depp fronted only the third movie in history to earn more than a billion dollars at the worldwide box office, and he dropped from #2 to a seventh-place tie. Clooney can star in and direct politico-art movies, like Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck, and be an outspoken liberal just ahead of the Iraq-fatigue curve, yet he stays more or less in the same slot over three years...
...have hesitated to describe it. The older inmates effectively run the orphanage from a boiler room, dealing dope and running teenage prostitutes. The official administration is equally corrupt and totally ineffectual. They can't even bother to teach their charges to read and write. Little Vanya's only good luck is his looks; he's simply adorable in his silent watchful way, and a prime candidate for adoption. There's big money to be made in the international traffic in abandoned children, and when an Italian couple singles the 6-year-old boy out, everyone in the orphanage envies...
Congratulations! Through a combination of careful planning and awesome luck, you’re done with finals already. But with no one around to play with, how will you occupy your time? FM has got you covered...
...government, Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi, told me in an interview in Mogadishu. Given Somalia's penchant for clan warfare and inhospitableness toward foreign armies--just go out and rent a copy of Black Hawk Down--it's tempting for Western policymakers to wash their hands and wish Gedi luck. But Somalia's strife has repercussions beyond its borders. The country is victim to the worst ravages of man and nature. Instability there has the potential to engulf the entire Horn of Africa in war, with neighboring countries Ethiopia and Eritrea jockeying for influence and pirates using the lawless coast...