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...TAPES THE LOON If you like indie rock, you probably own a dozen albums just like this Minneapolis, Minn., band's taut, lo-fi debut--and you will want this one too. The lyrics are from the Pavement school of abstraction ("Kelly the insistor/ Your brother is a blister"), and lead singer Josh Grier has the same dry, almost cracking voice as David Byrne. What's original is Tapes 'n Tapes' ability to spin out compelling little mood fantasias, from the spooky isolation of Omaha to the drunken, bluesy instrumental Crazy Eights. The Loon feels eremitic and weird but warm...
...someone 65 or older, keeping track of bottles of pills can be a challenge. A study presented to the American Heart Association found elderly patients taking high-blood-pressure medication were more likely to have prescriptions refilled on time if their drugs came in a blister pack. Unlike bottles, blister packs act as pill calendars--making it easier to determine when a pill has been taken...
...Lilly officials say it will be weeks before they can analyze what, exactly, is in the seized pills. They are certain about one thing: it isn't medicine. Although phony prescription and over-the-counter drugs often look like the real things, right down to the blister packs and corporate logos on the packaging, they may have few-if any-active ingredients and might contain toxic substances. These days, drug companies and international health organization officials are alarmed by the health threat posed by the increasing availability of fake drugs pouring out of illegal factories, mostly in China and India...
...fatal fall from a window, police concluded that Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk's death in 1948 was murder, not suicide as was ruled initially. WMD Found? IRAQ Danish troops operating in the south announced they had discovered dozens of buried mortar rounds that initial tests showed could contain blister gas. Results of final tests on the shells, which had been buried for at least 10 years, should be available this week. Terror on Trial KENYA Three men pleaded not guilty at the opening of their trial in Nairobi to charges of conspiracy in a series of terror attacks including...
...home page pulls up a list of dozens of e-tailers, each with a smattering of items expected to be available up to the bitter end, along with drop-dead ordering deadlines. Last we checked, there were diamond-stud earrings from Ashford.com a Toffee Trio from Williams-Sonoma and Blister Guard socks from New Balance. (Selection is likely to change day to day. Real-time product updates from the merchants keep the list fresh, says a Yahoo spokeswoman...