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...newspaper reporters at the White House last week, George W. Bush weighed in on the issue. He expressed support for the idea of combining lessons in evolution with a discussion of "intelligent design"--the proposition that some aspects of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to natural selection. It is a subtler way of finding God's fingerprints in nature than traditional creationism. "Both sides ought to be properly taught," said the President, who appeared to choose his words with care, "so people can understand what the debate is about ... I think that...
Frances Conroy as Dora, a prim and proper real-estate agent, and Jessica Lange as Carmen, an ambitious lawyer turned “animal communicator,” both play their roles intriguingly...
...looking to break in as well. Goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris, a 2002 fifth-round pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, is getting ready for Philadelphia’s camp at the end of August, while Tom Cavanagh (San Jose Sharks ’01) and Brendan Bernakevitch (free agent) will also be looking to play next season, the latter possibly for Calgary’s AHL affiliate in Omaha...
...that star lifestyle. Maybe those gigantic sunglasses that keep shading the eyes of his character, Lieutenant Henry Purcell, are Foxx’s way of channeling his past good fortune into a piece of acting that can only be described as mediocre. It’s as if his agent reminded him to “keep smiling and swaying, and maybe the audience will think Ray became a jet pilot...
...police were tipped off about two small boxes left at a DHL courier's office in the sleepy port town of Wewak, near the mouth of the Sepik. Both were to be shipped to private addresses in Germany and appeared to have been given security checks by the shipping agent. But when detectives carefully opened the lids and parted the plastic bags filled with sawdust, they found two skulls complete with human hair, clay facial features and eyes made of shells...