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...have contributed to the madness of Nero and Vincent Van Gogh. Now that it’s been found in the drinking water of Brown University, Brunonians can consider themselves part of a grand tradition of lead-eating crazies. While doing a lab on heavy metals for the course “Environmental Science in a Changing World,” Brown sophomores Megan E. Whalen, Matthew L. Wheeler, and Libby Delucia discovered that lead levels in certain campus buildings exceeded the federal limit. The lead content of the water in the applied math building peaked at 150 parts...
...21st century St. Pancras aspires to more than efficiency. Ben Ruse, spokesman for the redevelopment, expects it will become a popular destination "whether you're getting on a train or not," much like New York's Grand Central is today. Restaurants, shops and a daily farmers' market crowd the red-brick arches leading to the Rendezvous, an airy social space adjacent to the 13 train platforms. There, guests can admire The Meeting Place, a 30-ft. (9 m) high bronze statue of two travelers locked in an embrace, or mingle at a dazzling 295-ft. (90 m) champagne bar - Europe...
...include Anthony Bourdain, whose revelatory tales of the kitchen have made him a star, and Alice Waters, the founder of Chez Panisse in Berkeley. One tribute evening honors Alsatian chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, another celebrates great women chefs such as Suzanne Goin of Luques in Los Angeles, and the grand finale is a Tuscan evening hosted by Jamie Oliver and Mario Batali. www.sobewineandfoodfest.com...
However, for rookie soccer standout Andre Akpan, that change was not in the form of a snazzy internship or much-needed relaxation. Instead, the Grand Prairie, Texas native used the summer to hone his soccer skills in the presence of the greatest young players in the country, both on the national- and club-team levels...
...leaders across southern Iraq in recent months is widely thought to be a campaign by the Mahdi Army to kill off Iraqi officials with links to the political wing of the Badr Brigade, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council. Even Iraq's most revered Shi'ite religious figure, the reclusive Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has been caught up in the violence; several of his aides have been gunned down near his home in Najaf...