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...father or not of her five-month-old daughter, had joined her in a legally non-binding "commitment" ceremony in the Bahamas in late September last year, two weeks after her son's death. Together, they had jumped off a catamaran after the ceremony, swimming to a nearby island where they celebrated with champagne and fried chicken. This week, she checked into the glitzy Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. She'd been there in the past. It was the sort of place you'd expect to see Anna Nicole Smith. And that was where she collapsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anna Nicole Smith, 1967-2007 | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...apply this consideration only to disabled infants? Cheating husbands, alcoholic wives and nagging mothers-in-law are just a few of the many sorts of people who can mean a very disabled family. Why not kill them too? Felicia Nimue Ackerman Professor of Philosophy Brown University Providence, Rhode Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...sending the troops off to war, to give the military everything it needs to complete the mission and, if it appears the mission is futile or compromised, to change it or end it. "You have to ask who is really undermining this mission?" says Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a West Point graduate. "Didn't the Bush Administration undermine it from the start by going to war without sufficient cause, without sufficient planning, without sufficient equipment for our troops? Even now, I would argue that the Bush Administration is undermining this surge by focusing merely on the military part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What It Means to Support the Troops | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...just happened to be the [teams’] catalyst.” This same teamwork later helped save his life. During an expedition to Borneo 15 years ago with his professor from graduate school, Ashton was bitten by a venomous snake on Mt. Kinabalu, the tallest mountain on the island. Two other members of the expedition carried him down the mountain and into a nearby village. “I thank them for my life,” Ashton said. Ashton is currently working on a book chronicling his work with tropical forests in Asia, and expects to continue...

Author: By Marie C. Kodama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof Awarded Japan Prize | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...other means, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently visited the U.S. and met with representatives of U.S. pension funds, whom Netanyahu encouraged to stop investing in any company that does business with Iran. One session with the state treasurer of Massachusetts and pension representatives from Rhode Island as well as New Hampshire legislators could lead to concrete steps in the next few months, sources tell TIME. "I'm generally opposed to bringing politics into investing, but former prime minister Netanyahu gave an impassioned plea as to how divestiture could be successful and why it is important, not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror-Free Investing Aims at Iran | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

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