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MEERKAT MANOR star Rocket Dog killed in hit-and-run, the fourth death in two seasons. Remaining meerkats demand hazardous-duty...
Known as "mad dog" by his fans, the 6-ft. 4-in., 250-lb. defensive end Dwight White was an instrumental, if often unsung, contributor to the "Steel Curtain" defense throughout his nine-year career, taking the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl victories and appearing in two Pro Bowls. A fiercely dedicated athlete, White proved his mettle in 1975 when he emerged from a serious bout of pneumonia to help his team defeat the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IX. As Steelers chairman Dan Rooney said in a statement, "Dwight White was one of the greatest players to ever...
...common theme. InterContinental's Hotel Indigo is so locality-focused that each city's hotel has an entirely different décor and sponsors local art auctions and singer-songwriters in the lobby. There are guitars for guests to play hung on the wall in Nashville and a dog named Indie residing in the Atlanta hotel. Indie is hosting canine cocktail parties this summer. "We've got the element of surprise of a boutique," says Jim Anhut, head of franchise development at InterContinental Hotels, "with the conveniences of a big brand...
...while you're at it, you may as well throw in MobileMe, Apple's retooled .Mac "cloud" server, which automatically and wirelessly synchs your e-mail, calendar, contacts and photos among your iPhone and assorted computers. Yes, the .Mac service was a dog that needed a new name - I mean, why pay for something that Google gives you for free? Clearly, MobileMe - at least judging by the demo yesterday - will be better than the various free services that Google offers. In fact, the MobileMe apps, when run via the Web, appear to behave with drag-and-drop fluidity...
...clues reveal that something sinister took an interest in Kiyomi and Toshiaki long ago. We learn that Kiyomi attended a lecture on mitochondria as a university student and became bizarrely agitated when images of the organelles were shown ("too enraptured to notice that she was panting like a dog"). She was a girl "whose heart thrilled to mitochondria," but never guessed why this was so. That was probably for the best, since poor Kiyomi turns out to be an unwitting host to a colony of mitochondria plotting away inside her, desperate to break free, propagate and put unappreciative humans...