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...more than that. In tough economic times, we rely on sport's sense of fairness, its heroes, for much needed relief. The worlds of business and finance and politics seem to be so full of deception that we like to grasp onto the idea - naïve though this may be - that a football match or a motor race can provide a moment of liberation from all that. So when sportsmen or women cheat - scandals have sullied the image of baseball, cricket, cycling, rugby and soccer in recent times - the disservice to fans, and the damage done to sports...
...times sweeter than sugar. But the plant's leaves, available as ground-up powder in health-food stores for the past few decades, never quite caught on. The likely reason was a pronounced aftertaste that eclipsed its zero-calorie advantage. While Stevia's loyal aficionados liked the idea of ingesting a whole food, many calorie-conscious consumers chose the pastel-packet route of artificial sugar substitutes - Sweet'n Low (pink), Splenda (yellow) and Equal (blue). (See a special report on the science of appetite...
...professional. Watching someone else move into your home can be emotionally trying. "It kills me to think someone is going to be living in my house," says Marie Latella. Yet it's imperative to keep your feelings at bay when dealing with your tenant. "It's not a good idea to forget that this is a business relationship," says Nuzzolese. "Keep all your agreements in writing. Don't become friends...
...awaiting deportation to a country that wouldn't accept him. For the next year and half, he kept clean, started college and found a new job, until one day the Immigration and Naturalization Service contacted him to fill out some forms. When he left the house, he had no idea that his time in America was up. "When I arrived they arrested me on the spot," he said. "I did everything I was supposed to do." Before Wicked knew it, he was in Cambodia...
...seems, a case that escaped everyone's attention. The victim's mother, who describes her husband as a "drinker" with a "sharp tongue," told the Herald Sun she had no idea that he had fathered her grandchildren, despite the fact that they were living together. "She used to say something about going out to nightclubs and meeting a fella, but then she would clam up," she told the newspaper. The defendant's wife also had six children with her husband, three of whom died. She says she had been estranged from her daughter since 2005, she says she left home...