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...literature and peace prizes regularly inspire controversy. Jean-Paul Sartre rejected his 1964 prize in literature, though his family tried to claim the award money after his death. Pablo Neruda wanted a Nobel Prize so much that he reportedly wined and dined Swedish writers and academics at his seaside villa; he finally won one in 1971. Bob Dylan has been nominated six times, Jerry Lewis once. In 2004, the literature prize went to Austrian feminist Elfriede Jelinek, a move so controversial that one assembly member resigned in protest. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho shared a 1973 Peace Prize...
...members will return next week if the Senate can come to an agreement. But such an accord will not come easy. In fact, the House bill was pronounced DOA in the Senate six hours before the House even voted on it. Senate Republicans are balking at a deal they claim does not go far enough in demanding that General Motors, Ford and Chrysler prove they have viable long-term business plans before qualifying for a second round of loans in March. All told, the Big Three have asked for $34 billion in bridge loans, though many economists say it will...
...bankrolling Reid's generous salary? Could it be former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the self-exiled billionaire who - so his enemies claim - was pulling the strings behind the Somchai government? Thaksin was toppled in a 2006 military coup and the following year bought Manchester City, a struggling football club where Reid was once player-manager. Sentenced in absentia in October to two years in jail for conflict of interest, Thaksin remains a deeply divisive figure, loved by rural Thais but loathed by the urban élite...
...Falls:Everywhere in the world, this one is a killer - and everywhere, boys are at the greatest risk. Hazardous environments, low maternal education, caregiver stress and unemployment are highly associated with fatal falls, which claim 47,000 kids and teens annually, or 129 each day. And for every fall that proves lethal, there are an astounding 690 other kids who are hurt seriously enough to miss school or work. Those nonfatal falls are the most common reasons for visits to hospitals and for long-term disability. Childhood and public-information programs, redesigns of nursery furniture and playground equipment, and laws...
Taken in a forest in New Jersey, the picture showed a plaid-clad figure crouching on the roof of an outhouse. The figure was Smith himself, the dean later insisted. Upon close inspection, the photo was too fuzzy to verify the claim...