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Every year in South Africa some 80,000 babies are born to die. They contract HIV from infected mothers, and without preventive treatment, they are doomed to a sickly descent into death. Half will die within a year of birth; most of the others will perish before they are five years...
...point fingers. But if I were, and I were U.S. Airways, I would be pointing fingers at myself and the half of Earth’s population that looks vaguely of Middle Eastern or Muslim descent...
DIED. CARRIE HAMILTON, 38, actress, musician and daughter of Carol Burnett and producer Joe Hamilton whose three-year adolescent descent into drugs made national headlines and prompted a family antidrug crusade; of cancer; in Los Angeles. A play she wrote with her mother, Hollywood Arms, will open at Chicago's Goodman Theater in April...
...Queens less than 3 min. after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on Nov. 12. According to an NTSB source, the plane can be seen "flying along normally and intact, and suddenly things start to go very wrong." The video records the plane as it begins its descent. The crash is obscured, but the tape continues to run and smoke can be seen rising from the scene. Experts at the NTSB are optimistic that the tape will help answer critical questions about the precise sequence of events as the plane began to break apart, and exactly how and when...
...descent isn?t easy. Different muscles are suddenly called into action. My spindly knees started aching after less than an hour. Is it worth it? Undoubtedly. The climb is beautiful, especially if you avoid the Marangu route, and the feeling of achievement once you've reached the top is immense - even if it takes a few days to sink in. Would I do it again? Not any time soon. I can still feel the pain of the last hour. But I think most people think of Kilimanjaro as a once in a lifetime adventure. For that, it's hard...