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...BEST DIVE England's Michael Owen artfully fell over Argentine Mauricio Pochettino's legs, buying the decisive penalty in one of the tournament's most anticipated clashes...
...WORST DIVE Italy's Francesco Totti's extra-time tumble in the South Korean penalty area earned him a yellow card?his second of the game?and expulsion. Dishonorable Mention: Rivaldo's shameful theatrics in Brazil's first game against Turkey...
...Just three days after Oprah's announcement, the Today show said it would start a monthly club of its own. USA Today and Live with Regis and Kelly soon followed, and last week Good Morning America jumped into the literary fray, announcing its first title, Ann Packer's The Dive from Clausen's Pier. Though all tout Winfrey as the book-club queen, each media outlet has tried hard to distinguish itself from her--and from one another. --By Harriet Barovick...
...landmark education bill President Bush signed in January--the No Child Left Behind Act--reflected the prevailing mood: to resist standardized tests was to desert kids. The legislation, which mandates annual testing in Grades 3 through 8, passed overwhelmingly. But as state legislatures sew up their budgets and students dive into year-end exams, a change is afoot--the sacred cow of school testing is getting tested itself...
...satellite-based Global Positioning System. Goddio says that he adapted the magnetometer for archaeological use in collaboration with the French Atomic Energy Commission, which develops the French Navy's submarine-detection equipment. Exclusive rights to the magnetometer's civilian use give Goddio his edge over the competition. "Wherever we dive, we find something," says Susan Henrickson, an American member of Goddio's underwater team. In the 1980s, Goddio concentrated on excavating shipwrecks, including a Chinese junk and the Spanish galleon San Diego, off the coast of the Philippines. Since then, he has focused on Egypt. In 1999, his team excavated...