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...became widely available in the late 1970s. The law is trying to keep up. Most states now permit transgender persons to change their driver's license and birth certificate to conform to their new status. And 39 cities--beginning with Minneapolis, Minn., in 1975 and now including Denver; Atlanta; Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Rochester, N.Y.--have passed nondiscrimination ordinances protecting transsexuals in schools, jobs and housing...
...season must have been grueling. This week a number of Dominican baseball players returned to spring training having aged considerably since the end of last season. Anaheim Angel Ramon Ortiz went from 26 to 29; Kansas City Royal Neifi Perez, from 26 to 28; Atlanta Brave Rafael Furcal, from 21 to 23; and Cleveland Indian BARTOLO COLON, from 26 to 27--all without celebrating a birthday. There is no warp in the time-space continuum; rather, new measures imposed since Sept. 11 require anyone applying for a work visa to show a birth certificate. In the past, many players have...
Science Fictions does have juicy tidbits of the race to link HLTV (HIV’s former name) to AIDS. Crewsdon tells of incubators being shut off, fights between the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the National Institute for Health (NIH) in Bethesda, snubs at scientific conferences and botched research papers. Isolates of virus went missing and scientists snuck into each others’ labs to glance at rival research efforts...
...Olympics, whether they're ice skaters or gymnasts. Perhaps the first celebrity sprite was Belarus gymnast OLGA KORBUT, whose feats of elasticity in 1972 earned her three gold medals. Unfortunately, she seems to have tumbled in her middle years. Now 46 and living in Atlanta, Korbut was arrested recently for shoplifting $19 worth of groceries. It was further revealed that in December, police who arrived at her apartment with an eviction notice found $30,000 in counterfeit bills. A friend said Korbut was not living there at the time and had no involvement. There have been no charges...
...married, had kids, divorced. He married, had kids, was widowed. After his wife died, he bought a computer and tracked Emily through Classmates. Then he called from his home in Atlanta and asked whether he could visit her in Alexandria. He apologized, and she was impressed. Their romance took off, and last May, they married...