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Even if the talks come to nothing, some Russians are hoping that Obama's visit will help improve the country's image in the rest of the world. "We are always portrayed as harsh, with horrible human rights and no democracy," says Abashin. "We have been trying to change this image for 10 years." (Read "U.S. and Russia: The Talk Starts Here...
...short, because of climate change. Generally, the sheep's life cycle goes like this: they fatten up on grass during the fertile, sunny summer; then the harsh winter comes, the grass disappears and the smallest, scrawniest sheep die off, while their bigger cousins survive. That's how you end up with big sheep, which - according to Darwin's laws of natural selection - will pass on their big genes to the next generation. (See pictures of sheep and other animals...
...harsh spotlight fell on Murray, the cardiologist who had been hired to accompany Jackson on the tour. The autopsy dismissed foul play, and Murray denied injecting Jackson with Demerol, a powerful painkiller...
...direct Madoff to a particular prison, though it is possible that he will be sent to a maximum-security facility like the federal prison in Marion, Ill. Though Madoff, at 71, is not a dangerous felon, his risk of flight is high, given his effective life sentence. A harsh maximum-security facility may also be an indirect way to pressure Madoff to cooperate and earn his way to a more lax prison...
...hoped he would. He would not live to see redemption. He would die with his eccentricities unexplained, his career unresurrected, his glorious achievements fossilized in the past, the accusations of child molestation an indelible scarlet letter. African Americans know that as well as everyone else. We are an often harsh and demanding people. But, we know where Michael came from. And ultimately, we are forgiving...