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Aqua, pink, lilac, yellow -- the cheery-hued "program curriculum" updates arrive every month, shoved into my 2-year-old son's day-care cubby by his gymnastics teacher. But far from simply imparting fun facts about how my toddler spends his exercise time, the summaries detail the invaluable physical, social and cognitive development occurring each time he attacks the mini-trampoline like an overcaffeinated kangaroo. Among the class "goals": to "build confidence while having fun in a safe and positive environment by practicing and applying the use of listening skills, imaginations and following directions." Which prompts me to greet each...
...fairly lengthy sealed warrant," says L. Lin Wood, the Ramsey-family attorney. "[Boulder County district attorney] Mary Lacy believes she's got the guy." Investigators say privately that Karr knows things about JonBenet's death that only the killer could know. And then there was the tantalizing detail reported last week by the Rocky Mountain News that investigators in Lacy's office were in contact with a high school classmate of Karr's. What they want is a yearbook signed by Karr with an inscription that includes the phrase "Though, deep in the future, maybe I shall be the conqueror...
...president of the European Commission on Liberty, Justice and Security, mapped out the enhanced practical measures that E.U. leaders will announce in a formal plan over the next few days. They include extending existing research on explosives (particularly liquid explosives), a tougher crackdown on inflammatory websites or those that detail bomb-making expertise, and encouraging security officials to share biometric data of suspected persons more often and more rapidly...
...been embraced by everyone--and now, nearly 30 years after it made its initial splash, some of the doubters are becoming more vocal. Skeptical bloggers have become increasingly critical of the theory, and next month two books will be hitting the shelves to make the point in greater detail. Not Even Wrong, by Columbia University mathematician Peter Woit, and The Trouble with Physics, by Lee Smolin at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont., both argue that string theory (or superstring theory, as it is also known) is largely a fad propped up by practitioners who tend...
...starts with the conflicts of interest at major investment banks, who would rate company’s stocks favorably in order to win their investment banking business. Carefully reconstructing how Spitzer and his team discovered the crimes that would make them famous, Masters relates each case in superb detail and with a novelist's pacing and development. Her narrative approach allows the reader to be constantly caught up in the suspense as Spitzer and his team break open case after case...