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...controversy before.? Last season, during the uproar over steroids in baseball, Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly got a big reaction out of Sosa when he suggested to Sosa that the player should be tested for steroids to dispel any rumors of drug use.? Sosa reportedly called Reilly a ?motherf___er? and stormed off.? Some would expect a large controversy over the incident, yet the steroid issue hasn?t dogged Sosa, despite being more of a serious issue than his use of a corked bat (which, on a physics side note, can actually be detrimental to a hitter?s power...
...engineer, now well and back at work, is among the thousands of Americans who have been rescued by AEDs. For years defibrillators were used only by doctors, like the ones on ER who yell "Clear!" before they shock a patient. But the new automated variety can be used by almost anyone. The devices have spread to all sorts of public places, and their U.S. sales, already worth $200 million, are growing at about 30% a year. The engineer probably didn't much care that the AED used on him was made by a little company now called Cardiac Science...
...first annual letter, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby left his colleagues with a cryptic message—Xing yuan zi er, deng...
...James Lingwood disclosed that his wife was an agent of one of the nominated artists. A spokesman for the Tate Modern says such conflicts are unavoidable when choosing judges from the small pool of people who are "passionate about contem-porary art." Okay. But could they not be more, er, artful about...
...best news for CBS is that although Bruckheimer isn't afraid to spend, he does spend wisely. CSI looks like an hour-long car ad but costs a little more than $2 million an episode. While that's not cheap, an episode of ER costs $13 million (though you do get Noah Wyle). Bruckheimer is able to do this because he's an expert at making everything look rich, even if it's just the equivalent of putting a Target bracelet in a Tiffany box. It's also because he doesn't hesitate to call in favors. The Black Hawk...