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...August, Chen was under house arrest for his activities. Seven people, he and his wife say, were stationed outside his home to watch him. But Chen felt he had to escape to Beijing to continue with the lawsuit. On the evening of Aug. 25, while police snoozed outside, he sneaked out in the dark. Hearing someone follow him, Chen threw handfuls of gravel in different directions to confuse his pursuer. "The night gives me an advantage," says Chen. "I can navigate better than people with sight can." With a relative as a guide, Chen fled into fields of tall corn...
...recent fine August day, I had a little bit of a scare. My Air China flight from Ningbo to Beijing was just rolling down the runway for take-off. I was sitting quietly, unopened book in lap and smug thoughts about a certain half-price plane ticket in mind, when my seat started shaking, harder than before...
Meanwhile, Clear Channel, the nation's largest station owner, is amping its online presence. More than 600 stations have redesigned their websites, now reaching 10 million people a month, and 2.6 million podcasts (with ads) have been downloaded since June. In August, AOL Radio introduced podcasting to its 16 million monthly listeners. "We're very bullish on podcasting," says Isquith. "Millions of people are interested in the on-demand experience." As for now, AOL's podcasts are commercial free, but that may change. "In podcasting, there are no rules," Curry says. "You don't have to do it to make...
...considered the unofficial religion of Texas. So it shouldn't be a surprise that when it comes to temple construction, the Dallas Cowboys tend to get their way. Bucking a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain that curtailed private-property rights, the Texas legislature passed a bill in August that would restrict government seizures of private land (thus joining several states in a backlash against the ruling). But two exemptions made it into the bill, one involving the Cowboys' construction plans for a new $650 million stadium. About 50 property owners are refusing to sell their homes...
...country as catastrophe cowboy syndrome: a cavalier attitude shared among so many on the Gulf Coast that they can stand up to, and ride out, threats like major hurricanes. So when Katrina's 25-foot storm surge slammed into Point Cadet's rising flood waters on the morning of August 29, it swept James' body to the north-"twisted and folded up like some raggedy doll," says a friend, Fred Smith-and two days his drowned corpse was found 100 yards away, lodged with debris in a wire fence. This casual attitude toward danger carries a high price, both...