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...overly excited about his medal count. Blair won five golds and a bronze. By any kind of accounting, her haul is more valuable than Ohno's two golds, two silvers, and three bronzes. You can't take away anything from career of Ohno, whose hip looks, fast feet, and dashing name (if he was Frank Smith, would have snared that spot on Dancing With the Stars?) have allowed him to become a rare Winter Olympian who enjoys mainstream fame. He has won medals in three consecutive Olympics, trains ten hours a day to keep his frame chiseled...
...they also found yellow containers filled with U.S. currency. How much was there? Months later, a report by the office of Colombia's inspector general estimated that the containers held $14 million in U.S. and Colombian currency. But in the same report, several troops testified that the final haul exceeded $43 million. One government investigator said the figure was much higher - more than $80 million...
...Toyota dealerships, meanwhile, customers have had to haul their cars in to have the sticky gas pedals repaired. Loyal Toyota owners now have a reason to flirt with other brands, though switching could cost them: trade-in prices for Toyotas have fallen. And at global headquarters in Toyota City, Japan, corporate officers belatedly grasped the seriousness of the situation and tried to make amends. "I apologize from the bottom of my heart for all the concern that we have given to so many of our customers," a chastened Akio Toyoda, grandson of the corporation's legendary founder, Kiichiro Toyoda, told...
...employees on the ground in Haiti working from 12 existing PIH medical facilities. It has since established field hospitals in Port-au-Prince, and supported 20 operating rooms in the country. It is organizations like Partners In Health that are clearly in Haiti for the long haul and should be supported in the coming weeks, months, and years with charitable donations...
...poorest countries in the world before the natural disaster, Haiti will need aid not only immediately but also years down the road as it reconstructs its infrastructure, recollects its government, and revamps its economy. This extended recovery mission will require a team committed for the long haul as well as a multilateral approach that spreads responsibility amongst all members of the world community. For these reasons, the United Nations is the organization best suited to coordinate relief efforts and rebuild the Haitian state...