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...sheer simplicity of Yamanaka's discovery-he found just four genes were required to reprogram the mouse skin cells-was cause for elation. "This is great science," says Alan Trounson, professor for stem-cell sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. "It takes us a big step closer to reprogramming adult cells...
...They still do. When she was alive, everyone wanted a piece of Diana. Photographers chased after her smile, newspapers hung on her words, her fans bought anything that would get them that little bit closer to the fairy tale. And when she died, the outpouring of grief was accompanied by the urge to spend - as if millions of mourners thought that if they could only collect enough commemorative plates, or read enough biographies, maybe together they could hold on to the woman they had lost too soon...
Over the weekend, legislators indicated they were moving closer to Crist's approach - a $31.6 billion reduction over the next five years. One sticking point: in exchange for the higher exemptions, it may do away with the caps, which are confusing but nonetheless popular with - if not financially necessary for - homeowners who currently benefit from them. But whatever deal is struck, it will probably have to be put to a constitutional voter referendum as part of Florida's presidential primary next January. Which is exactly how Californians voted on Prop...
...Still, Sessions, for one, remained firm in his opposition. He replied to Bush's ribbing, saying "it's unusual that we disagree because I've been closer to him than Barney the dog... It was a healthy exchange and it's much less likely that we'd have hard feelings and personal animosity," Sessions said. "But nothing was said to change my fundamental concerns about the bill...
...criminals in the Balkans, including, almost certainly, more high-profile arrests. The European Union and Washington have other business in the region: they want to see Kosovo, still a Serbian province, granted its independence, and one way to overcome Serbian opposition to that plan is to promise the country closer ties with Western institutions such as the E.U. and NATO, all of which will be easier if Serbia clears the decks by handing over most of its remaining indicted war criminals - a deal that the government, at last, seems to be willing to make...