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...both fighters' handlers, as well as Mayweather and Pacquiao themselves, appear unwilling to compromise on the blood-testing issue. Meanwhile, fans descend upon Pacquiao's training gym every day in hopes of catching a glimpse of him. He has had to spend more time than he wanted answering questions about blood testing, steroids and Mayweather - a nemesis who has clearly gotten under his skin. "I have never seen him so angry," says Roach. (See 10 things to do in Las Vegas...
Vampires are like health care plans: everybody has his own idea about how they should work. Grahame-Smith's are inhumanly strong and only mildly fazed by sunlight. Like the vamps of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, they appear human until they show their true form: fangs, gross veiny blue skin and all-black eyes. Grahame-Smith describes a vampire getting his game face on: "His eyes turned black in the space of a single blink, as if the inkwells in his pupils had suddenly shattered - the spill contained behind glass." (See why zombies are the new vampires...
...other country, an outbreak of election-day violence leaving some 38 people dead would have been a major blow to democracy. But in Iraq it is a sign of resilience - or else a measure of how many other problems the country faces - that Iraqis appear to have shrugged off attempts by extremists to derail the election with a concerted series of mortar, rocket and bomb attacks in several cities Sunday morning. The country's third parliamentary election since the American-led invasion in 2003 continued throughout the day, and foreign election observers noted a slight increase in turnout...
...Even as Senator Mitchell shuttles between them, both sides appear set to escalate their confrontation on the ground, in growing battles over expanded Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and elsewhere and over the status of various sites considered holy by both Jews and Muslims. Last Friday's confrontations between Israeli police and stone-throwing Palestinian youths in Jerusalem may be a portent that the latest round of peace talks could, in fact, be starting under the cloud of a looming intifadeh...
...communicate their relevance and messages to the public.” This trend is worrisome, partly because journalists serve the community when they publicize breakthroughs happening at universities. Without such media coverage, it would be difficult to draw attention to new research developments, musical compositions, films, and philosophies that appear in abundance at higher education institutions. While colleges and universities can publicize their own findings, their press releases may suffer from bias. Newspapers provide a more objective viewpoint while also synthesizing and analyzing research to make it digestible for the average person...