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...Sarkozy's seemingly lax solution to tackling France's car-burning bonanza hardly reflects the gravity and scope of the problem. Nearly 43,000 cars were torched in France over the whole of 2007 - an average of almost 118 per day. Alliot-Marie stressed that the rise in the number of burnt cars on New Year's Eve 2008 came at the end of a year in which the total number of autos set alight in the first 11 months had decreased 15%, compared with the same period in 2007. But while annual figures may fluctuate, they've generally swelled...
...Pinatubo in the Philippines was the largest eruption in recent memory, and its effects on the atmosphere are still being measured. The 1883 eruption of Indonesia's Krakatoa led to a global cooling and the deadly winter of 1886-87 that wiped out the short-lived open-range cattle bonanza of Montana Territory. In 2000, Ken Wohletz, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, postulated that an even bigger Krakatoa eruption in 6th century A.D. may have sent a tall plume of vaporized seawater into the atmosphere, causing the formation of stratospheric ice clouds with superfine hydrovolcanic ash, which literally...
...American Civil Liberties Union." According to Max Blumenthal, who published a recent article on the topic, the trope's persistent popularity is fed by financial opportunism: "The Christmas kulturkampf is a growth industry in a shrinking economy, providing an effective boost for conservative fundraising and a ratings bonanza for right-wing media." O'Reilly himself has lent credence to this theory. "Every company in America should be on its knees thanking Jesus for being born," he said on Nov. 29, 2005. "Without Christmas, most American businesses would be far less profitable...
...Beach Bonanza. If your idea of a winter getaway means getting away from winter, head to the nearest Sandals, which just won the World Travel Award for best all-inclusive resort. Rates are now 55% off at Caribbean resorts, including Jamaica, St. Lucia, Antigua and the Bahamas, if you book a "Luxury Included" vacation with a minimum of a three-night stay. If you book seven nights, you can get up to two nights free. Rates start at $183 per person per night. Book now through Jan. 16, 2009, excluding stays from Dec. 27 to 31. 888-SANDALS...
Minnesota's 87 other counties are expected to turn over their data as well, which may add to Franken's potential bonanza. From existing data, TIME estimates that as many as 285,000 Minnesota voters submitted absentee ballots. The number of rejected ballots is not yet known. Still, if Franken gets the state's other counties to give him voter information for their rejected absentee ballots, he might be able to move toward a bank of 16,000 uncounted ballots, if each county rejected a similar percentage as Ramsey. "If [Franken] can get those rejected ballots...