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...real wife, Susan, filed for divorce in November 2007, and though the case is still pending, lawyers have asked her husband for $225,000 in attorney's fees. In state court filings in Texas, Mrs. Stanford asked the court to award her "exclusive use and control" of two Mercedes, a Porsche Boxster, a home in Houston's upscale Tanglewood neighborhood and a Houston condominium. She's also asked for access to all the estates in Antigua and St. Croix, plus all jets, yachts and access to VIP suites for events including Houston Rockets basketball games. But like her husband...
...prepare for the rigors of the journey, mushers spend months prepping their dogs, who are subject to drug screenings and tracked using collar tags and microchips implanted under the skin. And while the competition is intense, participation counts: organizers present the last-place musher with the "Red Lantern" award as a tribute to his persistence. (The slowest Red Lantern winner, John Schultz, took more than 32 days to reach the finish line.) Each finisher also receives more than $1,000 to defray travel expenses. (See pictures of the science of snowflakes...
...Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ron Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, T-Pain, Quincy Jones, Cederic the Entertainer, and some less famous people are paraded onscreen almost too quickly for you to figure out what the hell is going on. If you’re counting, between them that makes 3 Academy Awards, 7 Academy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and 94 Grammy nominations, all colluding on this one fateful night on the dance floor. Ultimately, this video is awesome for one simple reason: the number of absurd moments resulting from this eclectic procession of famous people: Ron Howard is in a club raising...
...there life on other planets? David Charbonneau, a Harvard associate professor of astronomy and most recent recipient of the Alan T. Waterman Award, thinks there might be. Charbonneau is currently working on a project called MEarth, which aims to detect planets that are rocky and warm enough to sustain life—previous research has focused mostly on gaseous planets, because they are usually large and easier to view. The Alan T. Waterman award is specifically targeted to young professionals, requiring that the recipient be under the age of 35, a U.S. citizen, and have had a Ph.D. for fewer...
Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, nicknamed “The Lion of the Senate” during his near half-century in office, has been awarded an honorary knighthood, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced yesterday. Kennedy will become a Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an award Boston’s British Vice Consul for Political, Press, and Public Affairs Joseph P. W. Pickerill said is “primarily designed for people who have contributed significantly in the realm of public service.” According...