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...North Korea wants to get its hands on $25 million in funds that was frozen by Macau banking authorities after U.S. investigators linked the money to counterfeiting and other illicit activities conducted by members of the North Korean elite. But critics of the Bush Administration's policy contend that the regime has used the fund freeze to stall because it simply doesn't want to lose its nuclear threat and become just another desperately poor country...
...Sixth-ranked Harvard was racing third-ranked Brown for the Stein Cup, which the Bears won last year, breaking the Crimson’s five-year hold on it. The Harvard oarsmen had to contend not only with their human opponents, though, but with a headwind that battled them fiercely every stroke...
...Faculty meeting vote would start a process that would replace the current Core Curriculum with a new set of eight required general education categories emphasizing “real-world” applications of academic learning by as early as Fall 2008. But first, professors will have to contend with no fewer than 10 proposed changes to the legislation in the course of the three remaining regular Faculty meetings on the schedule for this spring. Another amendment calls for the new general education program to encourage study in languages other than English. “[Gen ed] aims to teach...
...Hunters contend that the science behind lead's alleged threats to both wildlife and humans is not yet conclusive and that educational and voluntary compliance efforts should be pursued first. In any case, many of them don't believe banning lead shot is the ultimate goal. As Jim Matthews, the editor of the Outdoor News Service, notes, "Most hunters believe this is merely another incremental step in an effort to ban hunting and/or firearms." Adds the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Ted Novin, "I think it's certainly possible that the gun-ban lobby and anti-hunting groups will...
...Tasers, and we’re going to have a problem on our hands for a long time. The CPD’s plan to arm some of its officers with Tasers is a waste of taxpayer funds, and, more importantly, a threat to public safety. While officers contend that the 50,000-volt stun guns are necessary in order to subdue drug users and the mentally ill, who apparently have preternaturally high pain tolerances, the weapons simply do not make sense in Cambridge. Carrying Tasers encourages the police to use painful force in situations when nonviolent methods would probably...