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...Eventually, the government released an “official” account through the state news agency, Xinhua. Thereafter, CCTV issued an apology regretting the damage to “state property,” although they forgot to mention the firefighter who died while combating the flames. And, finally, 12 CCTV employees were arrested “on suspicion of creating a disturbance with dangerous materials.” Their fate is, at this point, unclear...
...professors at the University of Chicago set out to discover who was behind the spectacular rise in the very top incomes in the U.S. Steven Kaplan and Joshua Rauh quickly concluded that for all the outrage about the pay of corporate chief executives and their lieutenants, it didn't account for more than a sliver of the gains. And highly paid athletes and entertainers were too small in number to have much impact...
Dubbed "Pitbull" on account of his fearlessness as a freestyle motocross rider, Jeremy Lusk, 24, whose interest in motorcycles began when he was 3, died after sustaining head injuries during a backflip fall...
...evil but long-gone Cambodian regime 30 years ago have little bearing on the world of today. But the Khmer Rouge’s brutal genocide, which eliminated about one-fourth of Cambodia’s population, deserves to be prosecuted accordingly. Even though Duch himself cannot possibly account for more than a small fraction of Khmer Rouge atrocities, it is important to recognize the regime’s crimes on an individual basis through international law. While the 10 years of disorganization between Duch’s discovery in 1999 and the beginning of his trial this past week...
...death, destruction and lives upended, one of the great jolts of the storm was that it forced a city that has always been somewhat out of step with the rest of American life to confront itself, in all its quirks and vulnerabilities. Baum's is a compassionate account of a most unique American city's long, strange journey...