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...happen. And Frozen River is one of them. That's largely - but not entirely - because Ray is played by Melissa Leo, who's at least a little bit known for her television appearances on Homicide: Life on the Streets. She contrives to look as weather-beaten as her front door and to act tough-minded without being closed-minded. She'd do anything to give her two kids a better, or at least a more hopeful, life. That, as it happens, includes smuggling illegal immigrants from Canada across the eponymous river...
...working with cells from two siblings, ages 82 and 89, who both had ALS. It turned out that generating iPS cells from older patients proved no more difficult than growing them from younger ones, says Eggan. "This study puts those issues definitively to rest," he says. "It opens the door to being able to make patient-specific stem-cell lines [to treat] diseases that affect people very late in life, like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease...
...What's next? Security guards at the door saying, You're overweight--you can't have a cheeseburger...
...When I get to my apartment, I find Suman, the maid who does the cleaning in my building, waiting outside the door. The price of lentils, a key component of most Indian meals, has surged in the past few months. She hasn't been able to increase her rates yet, so she has had to take an additional cleaning job to make sure there is enough food at home. She will have to leave my apartment sooner every day; she hopes I will not dismiss her for this...
...Unfortunately for Qantas, it wasn't the end of their problems. Three days after the emergency landing in Manila, a Qantas jet bound for Melbourne turned around mid-flight and returned to Adelaide after the door on a wheel bay failed to close. "There was no safety risk at any time," assured a company spokeswoman. But for some passengers, two incidents in less than a week proved too much: they refused to board the alternate aircraft Qantas arranged, saying they'd rather take...