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...Chapman admits that Phoenix bore the brunt of the training, alongside other cast members Robert Patrick, Jay Hernandez, Billy Burke and Balthazar Getty, who trained on the engine, in the firehouse and in simulated fires...
...hurricanes slam into land, of course. Whether that happens is determined by so-called steering currents--wind patterns set up by high-pressure ridges and low-pressure troughs. Steering currents can push hurricanes away from a particular area or directly toward it. And what worried forecasters as Ivan bore down was that these currents seemed almost malignantly aligned to ensure that both the Caribbean and Florida remained in the storm's deadly cross hairs...
...previous HBO series, The Larry Sanders Show, was a precursor OF reality TV--a fictional talk show that bore a strange resemblance to the star's real-life career. Garry Shandling has been out of prime time since then, but he'll return on Sunday to host the Emmy Awards. TIME's Belinda Luscombe talked to him about the Emmys, TV today and his time...
...Lukashenko won a referendum in 1996 to extend his initial five-year term by two years; Western observers criticized his 2001 re-election as unfair. Terror Continuum INDONESIA A suspected suicide car bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta killed nine Indonesians and injured 182. Police said the attack bore the hallmarks of Jemaah Islamiah, a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda. Australian Prime Minister John Howard has been a staunch ally of the U.S. war on terror...
...rough and tumble of Australia's impending federal election campaign may seem like a picnic to Labor Party leader Mark Latham compared to the acute pancreatitis that flattened him in Sydney last week. Centered in the stomach and seeming to bore through to the spine, the pain of the ailment is "among the most severe . . . it can be overwhelming," says Ross Smith, associate professor of surgery at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital. Lying down worsens the agony; only doubling over offers any relief until painkillers take effect...