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...less developed countries are very vulnerable to the avian-influenza pandemic that is expected to spread around the world [Oct. 17]. Those countries lack the means to fight the flu. There are millions of chickens in small areas like the island of Java in Indonesia. Should the flocks become infected and the bird-flu virus mutate and spread to human beings, it would put Indonesia's 220 million people at risk...
...York book ($16.95) is Michelin's first guide to restaurants outside Europe. It's more colorful and comprehensive than Euro editions; all starred restaurants receive a two-page spread, including a recipe, which will become the new format for all Michelin guides. Its classy feel is marred only by the occasional ad for tires and other Michelin products...
...shootout loss to Northwestern away from being undefeated and a top five team. The Nittany Lions, for their part, are one last-second Wolverines touchdown away from being in the same spot.These two teams are so similar that it’s strange to see a double-digit spread. Take the points in this one.Final Score: Penn State 24, Wisconsin 21Michigan State (-5.5) at PurdueThis spread is completely screwed up.The Spartans have the best offense in the nation, and the Boilermakers have one of the nation’s worst. Purdue has lost six-straight games...
...success story like that of Brooklyn’s Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or Montreal’s Arcade Fire. The influential online music site Pitchfork put The Go! Team’s album in its Top 10 Albums of 2004 list. The buzz about The Go! Team spread so fast at this spring’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, that a line two blocks long formed to see the band. After the Austin show, Columbia Records picked up The Go! Team, and “Thunder, Lighting, Strike!” was released...
...make me pure, but not yet.” Backed up by a strumming guitar, Williams sounds like a British Tom Petty, minus that trademark Southern twang. The power ballad gets a glossy makeover on “Intensive Care” with “Spread Your Wings,” a song that is more fitting for a Lifetime movie of the week. With cliché lyrics like “Spread your wings before they fall apart,” Williams doesn’t have the vocal capacity to pull off the ballad. The formula works...