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...June, the first class action for indoor-tanning consumer fraud was filed against Hollywood Tanning Systems, in Mount Laurel, N.J., which operates one of the largest tanning chains in the U.S. The suit accuses the company of promoting UV lamps as a healthy alternative to outdoor tanning, likening a "safe" tan to a "safe" cigarette...
...Hammes, author of The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century. "This is what happened in Afghanistan when it became clear the Russians were leaving. The factions began fighting each other." Afghanistan is instructive: civil war led to the Taliban government; the Taliban provided a safe haven for al-Qaeda; and you know the rest. A U.S. skedaddle from Iraq would probably lead to far worse consequences, given Iraq's strategic location and potential oil wealth. So what do we do now? I asked six leading U.S. military strategists, four of them on active duty...
...Meanwhile, every month that India spends debating the tiger's future, that future grows grimmer. As many as 250 tigers are slaughtered by Indian poachers each year, according to Wright, and as populations fall, poachers chase the animals deeper into the reserves. Nowhere is safe. In the Vidarbha region, which includes the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, a sanctuary where the tiger population had expanded healthily for a quarter of a century, 12 tigers have died in the past 18 months. Some conservationists suspect that other tiger reserves have already been virtually emptied of their inhabitants...
Opponents of it are on a judicial winning streak. Washington State's Supreme Court last week upheld a law prohibiting same-sex marriage--the fifth state this month to rule in favor of a ban. (See map, below.) "Marriage is safe for another day," says Mathew Staver, chairman of the conservative group Liberty Counsel. But advocates of gay marriage remain hopeful. Judicial decisions on legal challenges in four states are expected shortly. New Jersey's Supreme Court may rule as soon as this week. "We have to put this in a much bigger context," says Joe Solmonese, president of Human...
...suggested that media and public authorities inform people of the consequences of not evacuating and of the efforts made to ensure that shelters are safe. He also said that government officials and residents must work more carefully on evacuation plans...