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...Gist: Rinella one-ups his previous book, The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine (we're talking pigeons, sparrows, raccoons, etc.), by going after the massive and mythical buffalo. "In the spring of 2005," he writes, "the state of Alaska announced that it was issuing twenty-four hunting permits for the Copper River buffalo herd." He and 1,302 other hunters sent in their applications. Rinella won a permit, and off he went, on both a literal and an intellectual expedition, hoping to get one of the creatures in his rifle sights while also exploring the history, misconceptions and science...
...Gist:Global-health experts remain mindful of the terrible toll disease and war take on the world's children, but a lot less attention is paid to how many kids are claimed each year by accident and injury. Part of that is a numbers game: 10 million children ages 5 and under die annually of disease, while fewer than a million - 829,000 - die from accidents. Still, that's 2,270 children every day, all year, who won't get a chance to grow up. The World Health Organization (WHO) just released its first annual report on the problem, listing...
...Gist:Alec Greven, author of the new dating guide How to Talk to Girls, has a lot going for him. He's clean-cut, confident and a published author. He is also 9 years old. And although his relationship advice is nothing new - girls like gifts and attention from boys; they get mad when they discover a boy has been trying to date multiple people at once - its simplicity is remarkably accurate. So much for dating websites and call-in shows: the real answers can be found in what began as a $3 pamphlet handed out at his Colorado elementary...
...Gist: The Federal Reserve's latest survey of regional economic activity - more commonly known as the "Beige Book" - offers a collection of anecdotes from market experts, economists, "key business contacts" and reports from Bank and Branch directors all over the country. Published eight times per year, the latest Beige Book will be used in the upcoming Dec. 16 monetary-policy meeting, when the Fed will determine whether to cut interest rates...