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DECLARED DEAD Missing since last September, adventurer and multimillionaire Steve Fossett was declared legally dead on Feb. 15. Fossett was 63 when his single-engine plane disappeared after taking off in Nevada. Billionaire and fellow adventure-buff Richard Branson intends to honor his close friend with a new vessel meant to carry people into space. It will be called Spirit of Steve Fossett...
...Aljawhary worked in conjunction with both the Athletic Department and the Women’s Center to coordinate the effort for this policy. While no women seem to be complaining about the change, some students in possession of a Y chromosome are less than thrilled. One bro looking to buff up, D. Adam J. Moss ‘10, was turned away from the gym, much to his chagrin. “I wasn’t given a reason why, so I felt like I was being unnecessarily excluded. They’re commandeering a community space...
Another, smaller player is the rogue communist state of North Korea. Under the patronage of leader Kim Jong Il, a movie buff, animation is one of the rare sectors in which North Korea is following the global trend. Animation houses from North America, Europe and Asia have all subcontracted work there. The state-owned SEK Studio last year paired up with South Korean animators to produce Empress Chung, a $6.5 million animated feature film based on a Korean Cinderella story...
...slumping in polls. Republicans have no experience with chaos like this, except in history books. "It is without a doubt," says G.O.P. strategist Ralph Reed, "the most unpredictable roller-coaster ride we've seen in a Republican primary since the rise of the primary in the 1960s." Party-history buff Newt Gingrich went further: he called the G.O.P. contest the most wide-open race the party has held since 1940 - the year Wendell Willkie needed six ballots to capture the nomination before losing to F.D.R. in a third-term landslide...
...blandify your Ikea home? Hit the Haga - the city's oldest quarter - and search out a truly unique piece of Scandinavian design. The winding streets here house a dozen antique stores, but the best is Bebop Antik, which specializes in 20th century furniture and furnishings. Run by jazz buff Stefan Tellevi, the shop is crammed with classics, including twisting vases by Swedish glass designer Vicke Lindstrand and minimalist chairs by Denmark's Kaare Klint. 4 Kaponjärgatan; www.bebop.se...