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...state where a lot of public attention is being paid to texting while driving is New York. After several fatal accidents there involving text messaging, State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz says constituents began calling his office to demand action. He is now sponsoring a text message ban in the state assembly; the state senate has already passed a similar bill...
...tuck this week fro France’s present cabinet. Threatened by a possible breakdown in the Tunisian discussions, facing a withdrawal of his essential Independent cabinet support, and harassed by a police demonstration, Premier Felix Gaillard has so far managed to keep his position on the Parliamentary tight rope. But if his ministry falls, many commentators envision a possible collapse of the Fourth Republic...
...been adopted as a kind of a patron saint by the northern province's drug traffickers. Sinaloa is the cradle of Mexico's narco-trafficking industry, producing the majority of the nation's drug kingpins in recent decades. Their number includes such storied figures as Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, who ran the Guadalajara Cartel and ordered the savage killing of a DEA agent; Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alias "The Lord of the Skies," who died in plastic surgery while attempting to change his appearance; and the Arellano Felix brothers, who ran Tijuana as a personal fiefdom. The state of 2.5 million...
...coma. There have been reports that, despite her youth, many of her teeth are missing. Stefan has fared somewhat better, although his skin, like that of his siblings, is ghostly pale. Life in a warren of narrow corridors and low ceilings has damaged the spatial orientation of Stefan and Felix, and there may be more serious consequences for all three: health experts say a chronic lack of sunlight and exercise can leave children's bones pliable, their muscles weak and their eyes overly sensitive to strong light...
...Already, says Kepplinger, the family's health is visibly improving, thanks to a more balanced diet, light and fresh air. He notes that the 5-year-old boy, Felix, in particular, "is getting more and more lively. He's fascinated by contact. He's fascinated by jokes and humor." According to one newspaper report, when Felix first saw the sun in April he cooed with joy. After years of unimaginable bleakness, it is finally time to step into the light. With reporting by Bethany Bell/Amstetten, Ursula Sautter/Bonn and D.J. Siegel/London...