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WHAT'S NEW Not the story line, which follows the book's uncovering of an alleged Christianity con job almost, um, religiously. But Howard delivers something the novel doesn't: re-creations of supposed historical events central to the ancient conspiracy. "We try to transport the audience back in time so they can understand its context," he says...
...reveling in the media's glare. They want to stay as far away from the cameras and reporters as possible. For many students, it borders on invasive. The reality is that campus reaction cannot be summed up in two sound bites of a simplistic divide - one pro and one con...
...says he doesn’t fear legal consequences. “There’s a feeling that everyone does it, so to pick on one person would be unfair,” he says. “It’s similar to being worried about the con-sequences of drinking underage while you’re at Harvard. Everybody does it, so you’re not wor-ried.”The prosecution of Thomas and Bowser could have far-reaching implications for how the U.S. government and the recording industry fights illegal downloading. Palfrey...
...Friday night, 20 undergraduates from a Habitat for Humanity trip danced cha-cha on the dark floor of a club called Cafe Brasil. Some sipped out of plastic cups, listening to a man singing on stage. The act was Fredy Omar con su Banda, an eight-member crew with one main vocalist—Fredy Omar himself...
...recovering drug addict is getting frantic in a run-down Niagara Falls motel as she and her ex-con spouse await word on whether they can regain custody of their baby daughter from foster care. In another room, a family man prepares for an interview for a job beneath his skills and dignity while coping with his failing marriage. And in the motel's seen-better-days Riverside Grill, a pregnant, recently widowed waitress considers performing in porn films to earn enough to support her unborn child. Interspersed in and among those stories: a kidnapping, a suicide attempt, a heart...