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After lunch and some antique shopping along nearby Magazine Street, it's time to move on to some jazz. A classic combo is dinner at Jacques Imo's, an uptown neighborhood shack with some of the best food in the city (its mouth-watering fried chicken is served with the house salad), and music at the Maple Leaf Bar next door. Don't expect to lounge at the Maple Leaf; it's packed by 11 on most nights. But if favorites like the Rebirth Brass Band, a group of ex--street musicians, are playing, you'll be dancing anyway...
...lack of hospitality for visiting teams. At Duke University the denizens of the Cameron Indoor Stadium, known as the Cameron Crazies, specialize in personal taunts that often cross the line. They once showered condoms on a Maryland player who had been accused of sexual assault. Last season they dangled chicken nuggets on a fishing pole near chunky Tar Heels center Sean May. The Crazies are "an integral part of our success," says Duke assistant athletic director of communication Jon Jackson. "The Crazies have had fun without being abusive." Some...
...year later, the Ashburn, Va., man exercises regularly, takes hypertension medication, and has dropped his fast-food burger habit in favor of low-fat grilled chicken. He has a lower-stress job with the county department of family services and is the father of a new baby boy. "I'd like to be around for him," he says. His new blood pressure should help. It's 120/80...
...fight over the chicken-size bird, whose 110 million-acre habitat is 12 times bigger than the spotted owl's, may have just begun. Industry groups plan to pressure next year's friendlier Congress to weaken the 30-year-old endangered-species law. Meanwhile, a score of conservation groups, including lawyers who fought the timber industry over the owl, are preparing to file suit to force a sage grouse listing. By law, such decisions must be based on science alone, but a leaked copy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's synthesis of biological information shows extensive editing...
...wind energy initiative, we don’t condone the use of opt-out fee referenda—however effective—ad nauseam. If either a Lobster Fund or Mercer doesn’t come through, we would rather trust HUDS’ judgment and keep our grilled chicken...