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DIED. ERNST MAYR, 100, leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th century; in Bedford, Mass. Born in Germany, he became an avid bird watcher and turned away from a planned medical career to natural history. In the 1930s and '40s, he integrated the newly emerging field of genetics with Darwin's insights on evolution, showing how species arise when groups of similar organisms become separated--often by geography--and then accumulate genetic differences that no longer allow them to interbreed...
...essence, Home Edition is like the reality-TV version of It's a Wonderful Life, in which Bedford Falls pitches in to rescue solid citizen George Bailey. Executive producer Tom Forman says the show's makers assess applications on "need and, to the extent we can judge it, merit. We look for people who have been nominated by their neighbors, people whose communities have told us are really special." The show also hews to the old formula of something for Mom, Dad and the kids: five-hankie stories, plus home-improvement tips, plus guys ripping off roofs with tractors...
...members of the Harvard College Democrats helped carry the Kerry campaign one piece of luggage at time, when they met the Democratic presidential nominee last Friday at Hanscom Field Airport in Bedford, Mass...
...five months of house arrest--which Stewart chose to serve at her 153-acre, $15 million estate in Bedford, N.Y., a working farm where her neighbors include Ralph Lauren, George Soros and Glenn Close--will be more to her liking. After all, she has been remodeling, and she will be free to conduct business and see visitors (lavish dinner parties included). Stewart can use that time to plan her return. She issued this promise on the courthouse steps: "I'll be back. I will be back...
...pose just as big a threat here at home. And that brings us back to influenza, which can be found all over the world in all seasons, and can be deadly for older travelers, in particular. Nurse Patricia Davenport, a travel medicine specialist at Harris Methodist HEB Hospital in Bedford, Texas, recommends that older travelers make sure they get a flu shot every year...