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...some reporters to work as long as two years on a single investigative project. The results were an impressive 17 Pulitzer Prizes in 18 years, including one this year for a five-part series on the safety of the nation's blood banks. "Roberts assembled a newsroom that was, pound for pound, better than anyone's," says Charles Eisendrath, director of the University of Michigan's Journalism Fellows Program...
Certain players kept catching my eye. The 30-year-old NFL journeyman linebacker looking for one last shot. The 19-year-old, 300-pound defensive end with clear pro potential. The flashy wideout who danced to MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" during midfield introductions...
Cornmeal, Zambia's staple food, long cost just 5 cents a pound. But two weeks ago, the government hiked the price to 12 cents as part of an austerity drive, and the effect on Zambians, who earn on average only $21 a month, was incendiary. Riots erupted in major cities last week, and in Lusaka, the capital, street battles between protesters and security forces left 45 people dead and 153 injured...
While the state was not out for "a pound of flesh," Kiernan aid the Twitchells must be held accountable for not seeking medical help for their son, Robyn, who died on April 8, 1986, after a five-day illness. An autopsy showed he suffered from a bowel obstruction...
Britain's new 5 pound note bears an updated portrait of the Queen, now 64. "But it makes me look so old," she said. "But I guess I am old." Long may she live...