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...Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry, South Africa, sits in an arid valley among the mountains of KwaZulu-Natal. Occupying a dozen or so tin-roofed, low-slung buildings, the hospital serves its rural patients well: Women come to have babies, H.I.V. patients register to receive their medications, and those infected with tuberculosis check in for a chance to recover from an ancient scourge...
...Riviera Beach does not keep official numbers on warnings or arrests made for saggy-pants violations (most often, Brown says, police simply tell violators to pull up their pants). It's believed, though, that since strict enforcement began in late August, about a dozen people have been arrested, ranging from juveniles to a 36-year-old man, all of them African Americans. Under the local law, a first conviction garners a $150 fine or community service, a second one a $300 fine, and anyone who fails to pay up or perform their service could spend up to 60 days...
...Lowdown: It's easy to call something the "crime of the century" if said century is only a decade old. What Blum doesn't seem to realize, though, is that repeating the phrase "crime of the century" two dozen times doesn't actually make it so - there are 90 years to go, brother. In the grand scheme of things, the bombing of the Times building is a fairly minor incident that has resulted in a fairly minor book...
...surprisingly, given the market's quick negative response and the general atmosphere that pervades Washington, both sides were quick to point fingers. House Republicans charged to the microphones to blame Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the defeat, saying that at least a dozen of their members switched their votes because they were offended by the partisanship of a speech she gave on the House floor. Democrats scoffed at that excuse. "Think of this: Somebody hurt my feelings, so I am going to punish the country," said House Banking Committee chairman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat who had been...
...four infants and sickened tens of thousands of others, milk consumption has fallen precipitously. Chinese supermarkets have cleared products from their shelves, but the crisis continues to spread beyond the country's borders. Dairy goods laced with tainted Chinese exports have been found in Taiwan, Singapore and Japan. A dozen Asian and African nations have banned Chinese dairy products. The European Union, which prohibits the import of Chinese milk, banned baby foods containing Chinese dairy products and said it will begin testing products such as toffee, chocolate and biscuits that contain 15% Chinese milk powder...