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...takes over," he explains. "When it turns cold and it's time for them to migrate, they start gorging to prepare for the long flight." The result is a fattened liver that, while smaller than conventional foie, is delicious enough to have won France's prestigious Coup de Coeur award. "That," Sousa likes to say, "really pissed the French off." (Read "Fight for Your Right...
...country built on a system of checks and balances, it's intriguing to have an award that allows the President to reveal some personal preferences. Since February 1963, when John F. Kennedy's Executive Order made bestowing the Medal of Freedom a presidential privilege, the highest civilian honor in the nation has offered unique insight into the élite group of people who inspire our Commanders in Chief. Officially, the award, which President Obama is scheduled to present to 16 people on Aug. 12, is for those who have contributed "to the security or national interests of the United States...
...Chinese-American cartoonist Gene Luen Yang depicted what it was like to grow up as part of an ethnic minority in the U.S. with such arresting candor that his American Born Chinese became the first graphic publication named as a finalist for the National Book Award. Loosely based on the author's own experiences, the book's three short stories touched on a gamut of themes, from language and acceptance to stereotyping and assimilation, and the frank, accessible manner in which they did so inspired translations of American Born Chinese in more than 10 languages...
...money!) to unearth evidence that no one should be eating dolphin meat; samples were toxic with mercury. The filmmakers hope The Cove will spark a change in Japanese policy, but they'll need help from audiences willing to do more than applaud. (At Sundance, the film won the Audience Award for documentary...
...Howard Engle, 89, a doctor, continued to smoke despite being the lead plaintiff in a 1998 class action against tobacco companies. The trial ended with a $145 billion award--later voided--cementing the argument that manufacturers knowingly addicted smokers and failed to warn them about the dangers of lighting...