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Rumors of a Nobel Prize have been swirling around Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren as far back as 1997-at least in Western Australia, where the two scientists are local heroes, and where I was once a medical writer for the local newspaper in Perth, my hometown. As a joke, Marshall, a gastroenterologist, and Warren, a now-retired pathologist, had even taken to sharing a beer down by the Swan River in Perth every year when the Nobel for medicine was announced...
Along with the gear, Bass Pro also tries to keep local knowledge in stock, which allows it to compete with hometown shops. It hires local guides and gear experts to staff the stores. "See that guy over there? He's the best gunsmith in the area," says employee Dan Kardash, pointing to a man hunched over a firearm. Kardash himself is a fishing guide who runs the store's fishing department...
RESIGNED. EDDIE COMPASS, 47, New Orleans police chief, after unrelenting criticism of his role in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and 26 years at the police department in his hometown. Though he gave no specific reason for the move, his press conference came on the same day police announced that 250 cops would be investigated for unapproved absences following the storm...
RESIGNED. EDDIE COMPASS, 47, New Orleans police chief, after unrelenting criticism of his role in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and 26 years at the police department in his hometown. Though he gave no specific reason for the move, his press conference came on the same day police announced that 250 cops would be investigated for unapproved absences following the storm...
...Hometown: Greenwich...