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...their teens, Kim and Scott had both dealt drugs. Kim's brother is in jail. But whatever sorry state they fell in or led themselves to and however catastrophic their lot that last weekend in August 2005, these soul survivors radiate a faith that is deep, sustaining and perennially, impossibly hopeful. They don't pick fights with the police, soldiers and bureaucrats who were AWOL during the storm and who offer little help after it. Kim and Scott are unfailingly courteous. They believe that when disaster strikes, everyone's a victim...
Where do you go to get your vision corrected, your crystal ball polished? I figured August offered one last chance to check the instruments before the campaign homestretch. And in an election year haunted by all kinds of ghosts, I thought I'd check in with the people who talk to the dead all the time--just to get a different feel for the spirits that move...
...Business Rather than reassuring stock markets, a government offer to assist U.S. mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae has spooked investors, who fear that a big government loan or purchase of corporate debt could devalue their own shares. Stock prices for both companies fell sharply in August, while Freddie was forced to sell $3 billion in debt at its highest borrowing costs in a decade...
Ahead of the Games, Beijing's Olympic security chief announced that three parks in the capital would be set aside for protests in August. But would-be demonstrators must first apply with police, and so far no permission has been given to stage demonstrations. On Aug. 18 the state-run Xinhua News Service announced that officials had received 77 applications, but none had been approved. Two were suspended due to lack of information, one rejected because it violated local laws, and the remaining 74 "were properly addressed by relevant authorities or departments through consultations," Xinhua reported. A small number...
...Jamaica has no doubts. On August 17, the country's women swept the medals in the 100m. Right after Bolt's historic turn, Melanie Walker won the 400m hurdles on Wednesday. "I talked to the prime minister, he told me that everything in Jamaica is blocked off," Bolt says. "Everyone is in the streets...