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...Alas, the cessation of sectarian hostilities was too good to last. A day after the tragedy, a brief gun battle broke out between Iraqi security forces on the bridge and some Sunni insurgents in Adhamiya. And al-Qaeda's Iraqi offshoot, led by Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, claimed credit for an earlier rocket attack on Kadhimiya, the Shi'ite district on the other side of the bridge. Drive-by shootings at Sunni mosques in southern Iraq last Friday suggested scapegoating by some Shi'ites. And calls for a peace march after the joint prayers in Baghdad proved futile: not enough...
...that the Discovery shuttle is safely back on Earth, I hope you will give NASA the credit it is due instead of bashing the agency about a few chunks of foam. The camera that allowed technicians to see the insulation foam provided information about damage that was assessed and fixed. I believe NASA got it right. After all, the International Space Station has been restocked, the new safety systems (cameras, sensors, etc.) worked perfectly, and all seven American astronauts are back on solid ground having never doubted their agency's ability to get them home safely. Emily J. Chambers Columbus...
Hundreds of libraries across the nation turn over lists of recalcitrant borrowers to companies like Unique Management Services, an Indiana-based collection agency that specializes in libraries. Forget to return that book for more than 120 days, and even your credit rating can take a hit. A Boise, Idaho, family was denied a mortgage two weeks ago after a credit check turned up an unpaid library fine. Some libraries are pressing criminal charges. A paralegal in Massachusetts was arraigned last month on four counts of failing to return library materials, a misdemeanor. Says Peter Anderegg, the librarian who filed...
PEARL had to solve the farmers' credit-financing issues too. Farmers can't wait six to nine months between harvest and payment. So PEARL partnered with EcoLogic Finance, a Cambridge, Mass., nonprofit that loans to businesses in Africa and Latin America, to set up financing for the co-ops, which are too large for micro loans...
...groundbreaking album The Blueprint, using samples of old songs (the Doors' Five to One, the Jackson 5's I Want You Back) sped up until they sounded like Chipmunks cover versions. (West admits he took the idea from the Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA; he insists on giving credit where it's due.) Still, he couldn't persuade Jay-Z, Damon Dash or anyone else to take him seriously as a rapper...