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...Patients like Jones say RLS is extremely tricky to describe, which explains why getting a diagnosis can be difficult. The website RLSHelp.org lists more than 100 words and phrases that sufferers use to express how the syndrome feels, ranging from "tortured limbs" to "bugs crawling in my legs at night" to "the bone itch." The website also contains the term "Jimmy legs," referring to a popular Seinfeld episode in which Kramer dumps a woman for constantly thrashing her legs in bed -a common, comic treatment of the syndrome. "It's such a trivial-sounding disorder," says Dr. Mark Buchfuhrer...
...music has been in flux for years, with labels, lawyers and retailers constantly forced to adapt. "In the record industry, you can barely hear yourself think for the sound of the business being dismantled and the paradigms being broken," says Conor McNicholas, editor of music weekly the New Musical Express. Those who can't keep up are flailing - last month, HMV reported its annual profits have more than halved - or already fallen: last year, retail giant Tower Record sclosed its stores and in June the U.K. music chain Fopp shut up shop. Meanwhile, record labels are looking for solutions...
...court's ruling said that "such frequent use" of vaffanculo and other merely vulgar expressions has created a kind of "inflation" where they have lost their original obscene and/or overtly hostile significance, even while "impoverishing language and manners." The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that "obscene" speech does not enjoy First Amendment protection, and may in certain cases be criminal to express. Still, at least one of the nine U.S. justices, Sicilian-American Antonin Scalia, has some personal experience to work from. Last year when a reporter asked what he had to say to his critics, the brilliant judge responded...
...before Congress is unconstitutional. "In fact, I think this is the most premeditated unconstitutional act of Congress in decades," says Turley. "The Constitution expressly limits voting members in the House to representatives of actual states." That's certainly true, but others point to the "District Clause" - which gives Congress express jurisdiction over D.C.- as proof that the legislative branch has the power to extend voting rights to the city. The final decision may well rest with the Supreme Court, which could provide a more definitive answer to the long-running debate...
...from the West. But Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev is optimistic. Next week's ruling, he predicted "will pave the way to a political solution. " European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso agreed: "We regret that these decisions [on the sentencing] have been taken, but I'd also like to express my confidence that a solution can be found...