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...lost wages. Indiana's Stephen Jackson, who accompanied him into the stands, was docked 30 games, and Jermaine O'Neal, who clocked one fan from a running start, got 25. (Anthony Johnson, another Pacer, got a five-game rest; Detroit's Wallace, whose shove of Artest set off the chain of events, was iced for six.) The NBA Players Association has appealed Artest's suspension as unreasonable. Oakland County, Mich., authorities are reviewing game and security tapes to determine what charges may be filed against Pacers and fans, although it's not likely that anything beyond a misdemeanor will result...
Meanwhile, in the town of Hutto, north of Austin, the construction on State Highway 130 is a sign of things to come. Farmers no longer gather at the cotton gin, but the town's first national chain, Home Depot, has moved in. Mayor Mike Ackerman drives by the construction site every day on his way to work and is sanguine about the changing face of his town. "Anything we can do to get traffic moving north and south, we need to do," he says. The question is whether the rest of Texas agrees with him. --With reporting by Hilary Hylton/Austin
Brandishing an ultraviolet belt, a chain-knife and a shotgun with an under-mounted stake launcher, Blade vanquishes his foes with a moral absolutism absent from men at Harvard who enjoy “irony” and “satire.” If more men were like Blade then our collective feminine lives would be infinitely superior...
Albert is unhappy and he isn’t sure why. Sadly, we never care. The root of Albert’s malaise, I think, is that he has sold out. He has entered into a partnership with Huckabees, a chain of K-Mart-like stores, to throw some muscle behind his coalition to save a local wetland. Russell’s sly appropriation of American corporate-speak provide the best moments in the Huckabees script: therapy would be unbecoming for a corporate executive, so Brad rationalizes his sessions with “existential therapists” by insisting they...
...From Scotland to southern England, castles have always been among Britain's most popular tourist attractions. They're a top lure in Ireland as well. But, bored with chain motels and overpriced bed-and-breakfasts, travelers are finding the idea of sleeping in a historical monument?once the guided tour is over?increasingly attractive. "People are tired of country hotels and fed up with chains. They want a bit more personality," says Roger Masterson, proprietor of accommodation agency Celtic Castles...