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...tribes with casinos have formed partnerships to fund bone-marrow donor registration drives and park refurbishing, and they have become prominent donors to the local charities which help San Diego's homeless, HIV-positive-and unemployed populations. Gambling has been nothing less than a boon for Native Americans in the region; in a decade, groups of Native Americans grappling with disaffected and socially marginal residents have turned their tidbits of sovereignty into a multi-million-dollar business venture that provides employment, substance abuse rehabilitation and a sense of pride for the historically embattled tribes...
...palace has also moved swiftly to ensure that the boys have a younger--and spunkier--maternal presence by turning again to Alexandra Legge-Bourke, Charles' former social secretary who in recent years served as a boon companion to the young princes. This move has cheered some royal watchers as evidence that the Windsors are keeping the young princes' needs clearly in view. "Tiggy," 31, has the right credentials--her mother is a lady-in-waiting to the Princess Royal--and, better yet, the right easygoing nature. A former nursery school teacher, Tiggy loves to ride and hunt and is always...
...days following Jobs' canny capitulation. What change in Apple's circumstances justified this startling re-evaluation? Besides buying stock, Microsoft propped up the tottering Macintosh platform by pledging three years' worth of Mac versions of its office software and cooperation with Apple on upcoming products. Apple's richest boon, though, may be psychological; by promising to publish Mac software into the next century, Microsoft lets Mac customers and developers alike trust the platform to exist that long. And Apple cultists don't need much encouragement to stay psyched. "Macintosh customers have proved to be incredibly stubborn," says Roger McNamee...
...whatever good comes from sobering up the parties is likely to be offset by returning to the bad old days of difficult divorce. An effort to repeal no-fault divorce failed in Iowa and Michigan when people realized it would be a boon to lawyers without necessarily saving marriages or protecting women from Donald Trumps trading in old models for newer ones. How many cooing couples who select covenant marriage realize that should their union turn into an icy hell, they have signed on to a financially draining, emotionally exhausting divorce process in which they must find grievous fault...
...extended to religion today when the Russian Duma voted to bar any religions from operating in the country unless they have been established there for more than 15 years. Denounced by human rights activists as trampling on Russian constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion, the bill is a boon for other traditional faiths such as Islam and Buddhism. But it's theRussian Orthodox Church that was the driving force behind the move. The church has increasingly seen its hold over Russian souls wrested away by foreign upstarts from Hare Krishnas to Mormons to Aum Shinri Kyo wannabe-cults. Calling...