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...fluff off her husband's face. Sophie's school calls with the news that Sophie just threw up. This would help explain why, in order to write, Chabon stashes himself away every morning in a small cottage behind the house, with his Bakelite radio, his framed original comic-strip panels and his Roberto Clemente baseball card...
...Charleston, S.C.--with no charge, no access to lawyer or visitors, no warrant and no warning. By making Padilla the first American citizen in the war against terrorism to be held without charges inside the U.S., the government had ignited a debate about whether it has the power to strip basic constitutional protections from its citizens. As Newman saw it, President George W. Bush had stolen her client, and it was her job to get him back...
...talking. It's not clear who did speak with Gregson, either: his book is based in large part on unnamed sources, speculation and rumor, and the text is littered with assertions of questionable veracity. It's "taken for granted," for example, that Queen Aiswarya led those who wanted to strip Dipendra of his titles and allowance if he married Rana. Gregson cites no authority for such assertions. Meanwhile, the dark mind of the killer prince remains as enigmatic as ever...
ISRAEL Palestinians Exiled The Supreme Court ruled that the Israeli army could expel from the West Bank the brother and sister of the Palestinian organizer of a suicide bombing and force them to live in the Gaza Strip. The judges ruled that a relative of a terrorist could be forced from home only if there was a danger to Israeli security, not just to deter others. International human-rights groups and Palestinian officials decried the decision as authorizing the use of collective punishment...
...Hundred Demons deserves a place on the shelf with serious graphic novels like Art Spiegelman's Maus, but oddly enough, Barry is a fan of the most cozily, comfortably predictable comic strip of them all, Family Circus. "It's my absolute favorite comic in the world!" she gushes. "All the people I know who grew up in difficult situations love it. For me it's like looking through a circle to a world where everything is good." The world of One Hundred Demons may not be good, but it's far closer to the real...