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No matter what the courts eventually decide about the police shooting in New York City of Amadou Diallo, the mild-mannered African immigrant who was laid to rest in his native Guinea last week, many African Americans will agree with Johnnie Cochran that Diallo's death was yet another summary...
Cultural Rhythms grooved for 120 minutes / "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" runs 3.83 minutes / Cooking time for rojak, a Singaporean/Malaysian salad 110 minutes / George Clooney's stint on ER 2,365,920 minutes / Cassat at the MFA for another 105,120 minutes / Gene Siskel's television career lasted 13,140,000...
Indeed, confused is perhaps the best description of the bill and its supporters. Cellucci and Swift have not exactly been bastions of consistency in their support of capital punishment. At one time both have been against the death penalty. The current bill, which they adamantly support, would allow execution for...
But the most pressing practical concern of the bill is its inherent inability to prevent the executions of wrongly convicted inmates. Recently, Anthony Porter, an inmate on death row in Illinois, was freed merely two days before execution after a group of journalism students sought out and found the real...
Stock-split mania is another version of this greater-fool investing. Yes, studies show that stocks of companies that split their shares outperform those that don't. But that's easy to explain. Splits naturally occur in the best stocks--the ones that go up. The split signals management confidence...