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...most self-involved self. On this day, Eliza must shop for and give a birthday party for her daughter Clara, who is turning 6, care for her toddler (who, Eliza should be grateful, is always nodding off into a convenient nap) and also find the time to pen an essay about "What Motherhood Means to Me" for a contest she would like to win. The piece only has to be 500 words long, although I have a hunch Eliza could sum it up in nine: "Schlepping, schmatas and not nearly enough sex or showering." The prize is a regular column...
...racks to see if the legendary New York sample sales are really all that to notice that this marked a serious lapse in Eliza's work ethic. But Avery calls her on it, right after she has whined about his negative response to her first draft, asking, if the essay were so important, "why did you go shopping with your friends...
...child five months earlier and enter menopause 10 months later than a woman today, the study found. "That rate of evolution is slow but pretty similar to what we see in other plants and animals. Humans don't seem to be any exception," Stearns says. (See TIME's photo-essay "Happy 200th Darwin...
...make Michigan an unlikely player in the increasingly lucrative business of transporting prisoners across borders. Already, several states grappling with overcrowded prisons - including California, Pennsylvania and Vermont - spend millions each year sending inmates to private and public prisons in Arizona, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee and elsewhere. (See TIME's photo-essay "The Remains of Detroit...
...other facilities. Officials here say importing prisoners is a way to profitably use a facility that would otherwise be empty. On Oct. 19, the Standish city council voted to allow federal prisoners, including detainees from Gitmo, to be housed at the local correctional facility. (See TIME's photo-essay "A Day in the Life of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing...