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...voluntarily consigned herself to the infernal realm of the commercial thriller. Angelology is based on a literal interpretation of a passage in Genesis that describes angels interbreeding with human women to produce powerful hybrid beings called Nephilim. Trussoni supposes - and why shouldn't she? - that the Nephilim are still among us, a wealthy, evil élite who secretly guide the affairs of men. It's a killer premise. That peal of thunder you just heard was the sound of Dan Brown smiting himself on the forehead for spending the past six years writing about Freemasons. (See the top 10 fiction...
There are problems with many of these studies, however. For starters, the Danish one - which reviewed the medical records of people who had signed up for cell phones from 1982 to 1995 - didn't include all the business users, who were among the earliest adopters and most intensive users, because they were not billed directly...
...overwhelming majority of the more than 40,000 public-school teachers in a wide-ranging survey reported that too many students leave high school ill-equipped. The Gates Foundation--funded study suggests that clear standards, student performance evaluations and teacher assessments are among the keys to improvement. Only 45% of teachers said that higher salaries--often touted as a panacea--are "absolutely essential" to retaining good instructors. Some 68%, however, cited quality leadership...
...plum post in Miami after a high-profile shooting garnered unwanted publicity: he beat a mobster to the draw western-style, though at a table at a fancy restaurant. The bureau moves him to Harlan County, Kentucky, where Givens grew up and which he then escaped - running from, among other things, a criminal father who's now in jail...
...followed by a democratic ripple effect throughout the region. That has not yet happened. The politicians who came to power after the country's first parliamentary election five years ago have been unable to resolve core issues - from deciding how to share oil revenue to how to balance power among the country's regions and the central government and how to weld fractious religious and ethnic groups into a unified nation. (See pictures of President Bush in the Middle East...