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Although he won't say it in so many words, Deep's aim is to keep the spirit of Napster alive. Just in case his legal maneuver doesn't work, he is already parlaying Aimster's notoriety into a business of building secure networks for corporations. Aimee is mulling a career in modeling. In the meantime, thanks to her angst at 13, free music has a face to take Shawn Fanning's place. --By Chris Taylor
Femmy Arimula bent forward over the swell of her pregnant belly so that she could aim the blowtorch directly onto the small, silver lump. At first nothing happened, the flame blazed down in a blue and orange column. Then, suddenly, the silver surface began to peel away and gold glittered underneath. More and more of the silver coating retreated under the blue flame until only a pebble of pure gold remained. Femmy cut the gas off and coughed, something catching at the back of her throat. She had heard that burning mercury was dangerous, but she didn't believe...
Ibrahim's supporters contend that the trial's aim is to end his 25-year-career as one of the Arab world's leading democracy advocates. The charges, including those brought against 26 Egyptian and one Sudanese co-defendants, stem from work carried out by Ibn Khaldun, a research center founded by Ibrahim in 1988 and supported by a board that reads like an Egyptian Who's Who. Prosecutors say its projects were illegally funded by foreign sources, and that by alleging election fraud and discrimination against minority Coptic Christians, they undermined Egypt's standing. A press campaign smeared Ibrahim...
...Life he croons, "Charades, pop skill/water hyacinth, named by a poet." On Chorus and the Ring, he sings, "It's the poison that in measures brings illuminating vision/It's the knowing with a wink that we expect in Southern women." His lyrics may appear random, but they can aim for Proustian resonance. A line on Imitation--"That's cinnamon that's Hollywood"--is meant to conjure memories of eating cinnamon toast in childhood and feelings of innocence lost...
Doctor Huang is a transplant specialist with a very busy calendar. In the run-up to Labor Day, the communist authorities of Shenzhen, Hong Kong's border wonderland of sin and shopping, execute an array of criminals. This year they are taking aim at violent offenders and triad gangs, and that offers Huang a bumper crop of kidneys, livers and hearts for needy patients, many from Hong Kong. Getting a kidney from death row may sound merciless, but it's swift, efficient?patients can be matched to donors in advance?and a bullet in the brain causes no damage...