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...major carriers further cut capacity and eventually consolidate, it's likely that most domestic fares--which declined on average almost 10% in June and are now near 15-year lows--will start to inch their way back up. One reason is that in order to increase the appeal of their business fares, airlines have to make up some of that lost revenue on the low end. At the very least, the majors may learn from the discounters and simplify their complex fare structures...
...REJECTED. An appeal by AMINA LAWAL KURAMI, 30, to overturn a court decision sentencing her to death by stoning for having sex outside of wedlock; in Funtua, Nigeria. Kurami's lawyers plan to appeal the decision to a higher court...
Both sides understand that this election will test whether the state's shifting demographics have altered its politics. The Democrats are banking on multicultural appeal, with Kirk for Senator and millionaire Hispanic businessman Tony Sanchez running for Governor. But Kirk bristles at that kind of identity politics and says he prefers to run on issues like corporate accountability and fiscal discipline. He knows he can't win unless minority voters turn out strongly, but he also needs white votes. As he steered his SUV into the parking lot of a Dallas chop house last week, Kirk insisted...
...LEGAL EAGLE: Move over, John Grisham. Kirkus gives the top prize to Scott Turow, author of "Reversible Errors" (Farrar, Straus; November 1), bestowing a starred review. "A final appeal from Death Row reopens a decade-old murder case as the world's preeminent legal novelist proves once again why his grasp of the moral dimensions sets the gold standard for the genre....No car chases, explosions, threats against the detective, movie-star locations, or gourmet meals; just a deeply satisfying novel about deeply human people who just happen to be victims, schemers, counselors-at-law, or all three at once...
...testament to Elvis's appeal that none of the less-than-glamorous trivia of his final years and death has marred his sheen. If anything, in fact, it's the excruciatingly human details of Elvis's sad last days that has endeared him to so many fans. It makes him more like one of us: life-size, even vulnerable. It even enhances the pleasure of listening to his music, reminding us that the voice that brought us all those heartbreakingly beautiful tunes belonged to a person who ached and longed and lost...