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...Calderón's antidrug czar, Noe Ramirez, resigned abruptly. The likely reason became apparent this week after Ramirez was detained by federal officials and accused of taking $450,000 to keep Mexico's most powerful narco mafia, the Sinaloa Cartel, informed about police antidrug operations. He is the highest-ranking government official to be nabbed in this year's anticorruption sweep. (See pictures of crime-fighting in Mexico City...
...million. And yesterday, former Armani model Slavica Ecclestone confirmed she will divorce her husband Bernie Ecclestone, the former chief of Formula One racing, whose fortune is estimated at $3.6 billion. Lawyers are already predicting that Slavica could walk away with half of her husband's fortune, making it the highest settlement to a spouse in legal history. It's unknown whether they signed a prenuptial agreement...
...research hub but also an entirely self-sufficient city with vibrant residential life, parks, and nighttime entertainment. “We wanted a mixture of laboratories, office space, and social elements that are essential for any high quality of life,” Awad said. “The highest quality of life would be attached to the lowest environmental footprint.” The city will be home to around 50,000 people, while another 40,000 will commute. Because cars will be banned in Masdar, all commuters must walk, ride bicycles, or use public transportation to enter...
...hack. The concept has always amused me—MIT nerds feeling left out by the ceremony of self-importance and athletic exclusivity upriver, and resolving to crash the party. The pranks have been elaborate and crazy interruptions to football games that have not, typically, been of the highest quality—and I’ve appreciated them since I was too young to stay awake through all four quarters of play...
...After the bruising it took from Gates' predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, the uniformed military also appears keen to retain the incumbent. At the highest levels, officials praise Gates' calm demeanor and interest in their opinions. "He still comes to the tank every week to hear them out," a Pentagon official says of Gates' regular meeting in the Joint Chiefs' secure conference room...