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...crowd currently likes the American Idol format, which spends several months publicly culling the herd to about 10 finalists and then launches a series of up-close-and-personal, sudden-death sing-offs. This is the brainchild of three Simons--Fuller came up with the concept, but it was fine-tuned with the help of Simon Cowell, a music-industry executive (and the acerbic judge in the U.S. and British versions) and Simon Jones, head of FMusic TV, part of FremantleMedia, the company that jointly owns and produces the Idol format globally. South Africa and Poland have had their versions...
...previous distinction between active and passive soliciting to create a new arrestable offense. Police will be able to detain people they suspect of soliciting for sex and hold them for up to 48 hours. If charged and found guilty, prostitutes face two months in prison and a j3,750 fine. Nicolas Sarkozy insists that his real targets are the pimps and gangs who organize prostitution, not those they exploit: "If prostitution is slavery, let's not allow pimps to display their merchandise in the street," he told the Assemblée last week. Foreign prostitutes will be deported. Those without...
...French resistance seemed to be cracking. Mer vowed to use reserve funds to keep deficits down. But unless France reins in its tax-cut plans or its spending, the E.U. could eventually help it up the mountain with another push - in the form of a hefty fine...
First-years Cameron A. Fine, 18, of Phoenix, Ariz., Christopher W. Gary, 18, of Nazareth, Pa., Brett D. Smith, of Papillion, Neb., sophomore Zachery A. Bradley, 19, of Alexander, Ark. and senior Eric W. Wenzel, 21, of Garden City N.Y., were injured in the crash...
...authors who received advanced education in the West are more likely to write in English. Both Ha Jin and Jung Chang hold doctorates from Western universities, and Da Chen, author of Colors of the Mountain, received a law degree from Columbia University. Anchee Min completed a master's in fine arts at the Art Institute of Chicago...