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Save the newspaper, save the world. First, though, get in one good dig against what is arguably the last truly national newspaper. Almost anyone with a pulse who doesn't DVR everything has been bombarded by television ads from the New York Times. The spot implores people to "Start their weekend early!" with a subscription to one of the weekend newspaper packages. (Just so you know, there's the Weekend and then there's the Weekender.) Not a bad marketing move. Who doesn't want a longer weekend? Since the 2006 debut of the first commercial (there...
Well, that's a very nice compliment, but I think my first choice would be to keep Governor Mike Leavitt in the spot. I think he's been one of the best HHS secretaries this country has ever seen...
...Midway between Sicily and North Africa, the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa has long been a prime landing spot for illegal immigrants. Last month, protests erupted over plans to build a second detention center on the island, as locals fear that an already damaged beach tourism industry will be further hit. (Read a TIME story about Europe's immigration problem...
...Park emerged victorious, 9-6, 2-9, 9-4, 9-2.A 3-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1 come-from-behind win by sophomore No. 5 Bethan Williams was offset by a heartbreaking five-game loss at the No. 8 spot. Junior Sandra Mumanachit took a 2-0 lead, but faded late, falling 9-5, 9-4, 8-10, 6-9, 1-9 to Trinity’s Emily Paton.The Crimson won its fifth and clinching match on a thrilling five-game victory by sophomore Alisha Mashruwala at the No. 2 flight. After taking a 2-0 lead...
...western end of the Luneta, Manila's crescent-shaped, scraggly public green, a cluster of life-size bronze sculptures of Rizal and the firing squad that gunned him down marks the spot where the doctor, now a national hero, was executed in 1896. A vulgar, nightly sound-and-light show dramatizes the moment. But far more unnerving, in a city where it's hardly unusual to see children sleeping in cemeteries, is the pomp on display at the 97-year-old Manila Hotel, a 10-minute stroll toward Manila Bay. In the third Rosales novel, My Brother, My Executioner...