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...their behalf against Jowers came to trial in Memphis, providing a chance for a verdict that would shore up at least part of Pepper's tall tale. The proceeding was a fiasco. Jowers--who has changed his story so many times it ought to come with a version number like computer software--never took the stand in his own defense. Ballistics testimony was provided by Judge Joe Brown, the TV judge, who has no expertise in the field. The jury, some of whose members dozed during the testimony, ordered Jowers to pay the Kings $100 in damages for his supposed...
...uproar has distorted the image of her country. "What is interesting and fascinating about this country is that everything coexists," she says. "You have the extreme fanatics, but there are also very progressive and very open people. What is sad is that the extremists are really much smaller in number. They're just more organized...
Chalk it up to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's charm offensive. The Libyan leader has not only agreed to cooperate with the Pan Am trial; he has also signaled through official and unofficial channels that he is ready to do business with Washington. For starters, he has booted a number of radicals out of his country, including the infamous Abu Nidal. It may come as a surprise to those who remember the '80s--when Libya was implicated in the bombing of a discotheque in Germany that killed two American servicemen--to hear a senior U.S. official say, "At this moment, [Gaddafi...
...number of schools granting online degrees has doubled in the past year, according to a study released last week. The distance-education craze has spawned cyber-only schools like Jones International University, whose Colorado-based operation offers online courses to 500 students in 30 countries. Traditional campuses are also getting wired. Stanford offers a virtual master's degree; the University of Chicago and Columbia, among others, have signed up with the Internet start-up UNext.com to create a for-profit online college. Saylor's announcement ups the ante considerably. He is banking on replacing the world's "10,000 average...
...your cover [CINEMA, Feb. 21]! Are you bent on targeting the teen market? Of course, there must be coverage of nonpolitical events; nobody is against that. But a cover story using up all that space? In this day and age of unlimited Internet access and an explosion in the number of cable- and satellite-TV channels available, I would expect you to take the lead with in-depth, responsible reporting of important news events that transcend the bubbly charm of Tinseltown. VALENTIN VASILEV Jerusalem...