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SENTENCED. PAULA POUNDSTONE, 41, comedian; to five years' probation, six months of rehabilitation and 200 hr. of community service; for endangering her three adopted and two foster children; in Santa Monica, Calif. Poundstone, whose children are currently in state care, was barred from taking in foster kids again. She admitted, "My drinking helped to create a dangerous situation...
Fuel to stay aloft for 24 hr...
...individual quest for history in second place to his team's struggle to get into the play-offs. And on Friday night, the San Francisco Giant slugger did his part, hitting not one but two home runs during the longest nine-inning game in major league baseball history (4 hr. 27 min.). The first of those blasts (photograph above) broke the record of 70 set to much fanfare just three years ago by the Cardinals' Mark McGwire. Bonds had already set a new record for walks (overtaking the one set by Babe Ruth in 1923) earlier in the week. Bonds...
Wonderful enough that they are willing to drive their pickups and horse trailers for a 12-hr. stretch every week, sometimes for a mere 7-sec. horseback ride. "People think we're nuts," says Ernest Forsberg, 58, a team roper and president of the N.S.P.R.A., "but I look at most people our age, and they're out of shape because they've quit doing what they love. None of us plan to quit...
...digging through the wreckage, hopeful and fearful of finding their brethren. "I don't have words," says 12-year veteran Tom Hogan. "We have no information for the families of our guys. I just consider them missing. Hopefully there'll be a few more miracles today." When their 24-hr. shifts end, they return to the site on their own time. "It's not a 9-to-5 thing," says Parenty. "I'll be going home, there's time for that. But this is kind of important now." Tuesday was Michael Drennan's first...