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Erlendur isn't a self-portrait, but Indridason shares some of his detective's disdain for the way Iceland has changed. "It happened so fast, we haven't grasped it yet. Two to three generations ago we had nothing at all, and then all of a sudden we had everything," he says. Now, with the economic crisis, "I think people will stop this endless craving for more, for cars, money and houses, and hopefully will go back to basics." If that means quiet evenings at home reading about Erlendur's latest exploits...
...personal to philosophical. Nikki Wyne, 20, a sophomore in blue eye shadow and Jesus-fish earrings, spoke wistfully about the monks' vow of poverty and the simplicity of the service. "Living in the nonmaterialistic environment is, I think, making a huge statement," she said. "I get jittery if I haven't checked my e-mail in an hour...
...building criminal cases against some detainees may be impossible. That raises the danger of avowed terrorists walking away from U.S. custody on a technicality. "These are enormously complicated problems," says Benjamin Wittes, a Brookings Institution fellow. "It's very easy to say, 'Put everybody on trial.' But we still haven't figured out what our trial system looks like for these terrorism cases...
That was one of the 10 most asked questions 20 years ago, but I haven't been asked that in a while, primarily because there are so many women photographers now. I've never thought of myself as a woman in this field. But if I was pressed, I think it actually works for you. I think on some level women have more empathy to a situation...
...waters off Palm Beach before the state could examine the damage called it the worst he's ever seen from a single incident. Added Ed Tichenor, director of Palm Beach County Reef Rescue, who reported the damage to state agencies: "As far as I've been diving here, I haven't heard of a similar incident of this magnitude." The other damaged reef is located off a state park just south of Port Everglades. There, sponges have been sliced, and soft and hard corals cut and turned over. (See pictures of imperiled coral reefs here...