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...wouldn't love an easy explanation for autism, the heartbreaking brain disorder whose rates have been rising sharply and mysteriously over the past 30 years? History has served up many possibilities, beginning with a now discredited theory put forward by psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, who famously attributed the condition to uncaring "refrigerator moms." Today autism is thought to involve a genetic vulnerability that's triggered by an unknown X factor, or factors, in the environment. Recent speculation has focused on pesticides, childhood vaccines and thimerosal, a mercury-based compound that until recently was used to preserve vaccines...
...When the acquisition is complete, YouTube will retain its distinct brand identity, strengthening and complementing Google?s own fast-growing video business. YouTube will continue to be based in San Bruno, CA, and all YouTube employees will remain with the company. With Google?s technology, advertiser relationships and global reach, YouTube will continue to build on its success as one of the world's most popular services for video entertainment...
...worthwhile, Google will have to prove that the market for video ads and distribution has broad commercial appeal. So far, YouTube has yet to turn its attention to making money from the millions of visitors it attracts every day. But just before inking the deal with Google, the San Bruno, Calif.-based startup signed licensing and distribution deals with CBS, Universal and Sony. That, YouTube hopes, will help keep the upstart from suffering the painful demise that hit Napster, which couldn't successfully parlay its huge Web audience into a profitable, legal social network...
Swarovski claims to offer the highest quality on the market and the most extensive range of sizes and colors?15,000 in its catalog. In July, Bruno Frisoni launched a couture shoe-and-bag collection for Roger Vivier starring clusters of colored Swarovski crystals. The same week, Dior, Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier all sent gowns embroidered with Swarovski crystals down their runways...
...DIED. Bruno Kirby, 57, high-pitched, piquant actor who infused his many supporting roles-often as best friend, often to Billy Crystal-with intensity and humor over his 35-year career; of leukemia; in Los Angeles. Kirby's most notable performances included a turn as a humorless lieutenant in Good Morning, Vietnam, and, in When Harry Met Sally, as a journalist pal to Billy Crystal's Harry who marries, then eggs his comrade to follow him into domestic bliss...