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...signature of Houston's flourishing indie hip-hop sound is the technique of slowing down a track to simulate the effects of the scene's trippy drug of choice, codeine-laced cough syrup. Among the nationally recognized stars of the genre was Big Moe, known for fusing spoken verse, singing and complex melodies. The University of Houston graduate--whose 2002 album, Purple World, reached No. 3 on Billboard's hip-hop charts--was 33 and apparently died of a heart attack...
...owner says, recalling the cheers that rang through the northern Vietnamese town after one of the country's first coal-fired power plants began operating. "Their whole lives they had wished for electricity." Be careful what you wish for. Soon after the plant opened, Dang's wife developed a cough from the thick black smoke from the power plant that hung over the town. His children had near-constant runny noses and neighbors reported other nagging health problems. When Vietnam's government announced plans to add a second coal-fired generator in 2005, villagers didn't celebrate. "The people cried...
...mother of two chemically sensitive children, I am delighted to hear the medical community has finally published conclusive evidence that children are detrimentally affected by preservatives and additives. I also applaud Claudia Wallis' emphasis on promoting a more natural diet. Unfortunately, some children's medications - including pain relievers, cough syrups, antibiotics and antihistamines - contain dyes, flavorings and/or sodium benzoate. Parents are forced to either administer these chemicals to their chemically sensitive children when their immune systems are at their weakest or have them do without. I challenge the medical and pharmaceutical communities to continue their research into the effects...
...Skyscrapers and vast shopping malls are springing up alongside the 28 million new trees that have been planted in an attempt to counteract the 3 million vehicles that clog the city's streets and whose fumes contribute to pollution so bad that new arrivals invariably develop a racking cough that can plague them for months. More than anything else, perhaps, it is the human tide sweeping Beijing that is remaking the city, with migrant workers from tiny villages in every corner of China standing wide-eyed on the streets, lured by the hundreds of thousands of jobs the boom...
...Turkey. In his Kremlin office, he sat in an oversize armchair next to mine and smoked Marlboro Reds. In all, he came off as far more informal and direct than a Western counterpart would be. He spoke for over an hour, interrupting the conversation only for an occasional hacking cough or to answer calls as they came in, every few minutes, on his new iPhone. With elections on the way, a series of heated geopolitical statements to spin, the usually unforthcoming Russian government recently hired a U.S.-based PR firm to reach out with its side of the story. TIME...