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...disease, but the researchers cite their results as proof that non-neuron cells merit serious investigation. “Can you imagine what would be the fate of an individual that grew up in a bad neighborhood?” said Columbia researcher Serge Przedborski, drawing a parallel between crime-ridden areas and cellular environments. “What we found was that in fact, those normal motor neurons were dying due to the aspect of being surrounded by these mutant [support cells].” Though the identity of the toxin produced by these cells is still a mystery...
...What draws conservatives to Giuliani, though, are his other qualities: the leadership and strength he showed as New York City's mayor on 9/11; his record transformation of a crumbling, crime-ridden city into a safe and clean one; and the need for that kind of toughness in a dangerous world. Giuliani is talking to conservatives now in a language they want to hear. He promises that whatever his personal views, the judges he appoints as President would be "strict constructionists" in the mold of Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and John Roberts, which is generally understood to mean against...
...striking aspects of Le Pen's campaign this year has been his widening appeal to the voters in France's crime-ridden banlieues, or suburbs. After the riots of November 2005, suburban residents registered in droves to vote for the first time. Conventional wisdom had it that most would support the left. But in the last few years, Le Pen has consciously tried to broaden his political appeal, in a makeover masterminded by his daughter and political strategist Marine. The younger Le Pen has persuaded her father to tone down his more controversial policies, avoid the inflammatory comments that have...
Last month, officers in a crime-ridden neighborhood in Atlanta killed an 88-year-old woman while serving a “no-knock” warrant in search of drugs. The investigation is ongoing, but it looks like the police had the wrong house. A confidential informant publicly revealed that the police told him to lie about buying drugs from that location after the shooting had occurred...
When you're a hard-liner on crime, but crime goes up, what do you do? If you're French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, you blame the judges. Last week, Le Monde published a letter from the head of Seine-St.-Denis - ground zero of last year's riots and one of the country's most crime-ridden districts - expressing anguish over an "upsurge of crime." This was bad timing given Sarkozy's ambitions to run for President next May. The Minister could hardly blame the police, especially after two officers in a neighboring department were severely beaten...