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...Redundancy, Again,” as well as various “Scientific Demonstrations” and other humorous skits. Marc Abrahams, the event’s lamé donning emcee, mingled with a host of others—including Nobel Prize Winners William Lipscomb and Benoit Mandelbrot—onstage. At one point, two lucky audience members won dates with the octogenarian Nobel laureates. One of the award recipients, Brent Jordan—who previously worked as bouncer at a gentlemen’s club in New Mexico—said he was excited to be a part...
...Think of the Oscar ceremony," says psychologist Benoit Monin. "Someone says something that has to do with race, and you pan to Samuel L. Jackson...
...save the 32 million acres of forest destroyed each year. Existing carbon-credit programs focus on industrial emissions; this initiative extends carbon trading to the big chunk of CO2 emissions caused by deforestation. "If deforestation is 20% of the problem, it should be 20% of the solution," says Benoit Bosquet, a biocarbon specialist with the bank who is setting up the fund...
...MICHAEL BENOIT, father of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and son before committing suicide last week. Federal agents are investigating whether Chris Benoit was improperly prescribed testosterone...
AFTER HIS FRIENDS reported receiving odd text messages from him, police searched the Georgia home of chiseled pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who had canceled a weekend pay-per-view event for "personal reasons." In the house, investigators found prescription anabolic steroids--and the telegenic "Canadian Crippler," his wife Nancy, 43, and their 7-year-old son dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Officials said Benoit--the 2004 world heavyweight champ whose signature move was the "crippler crossface"-- strangled his wife, smothered his son, placed Bibles beside them, and hanged himself on the pulley of a weight-lifting machine...