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...species but remain relatively large," says Martin. "That's why the heads of small dogs, for example, are proportionally large for their bodies compared with larger dogs. To get a brain this size, H. erectus would have to have shrunk to about 3% of its previous 60-kg size. That's about the size of a house cat's." Martin says one thing would persuade him?more physical evidence: "Show me eight more similar skulls from the site and I'll shut...
...SENTENCED. SCHAPELLE CORBY, 27, Australian beauty school student; to 20 years in prison for smuggling 4.1 kg of marijuana; in Bali, Indonesia. Corby was arrested last October after a customs official found the drugs in her boogie board bag. Defense lawyers maintained her innocence, arguing that the drugs were planted by Australian baggage handlers in Brisbane as part of a smuggling operation. The case was widely followed in Australia where, according to one poll, 90% of the public believes she is innocent and the sentence prompted an outpouring of sympathy. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said, "Guilty or innocent...
...ACTIVITY CALORIES BURNED/MIN. 120 lb. (54-kg) person CALORIES BURNED/MIN. 180-lb. (82-kg) person CYCLING (10 m.p.h.) 5.5 8.2 DANCING (aerobic) 7.4 11.1 HIKING 4.5 6.7 JOGGING 9.3 13.9 RUNNING 11.4 17 SITTING 1.2 1.7 SWIMMING 7.8 11.6 TENNIS 6 8.9 WALKING (brisk) 6.5 9.7 WEIGHT TRAINING...
...ARRESTED. HAJI BASHIR NOORZAI, 44, Afghan narcotics trafficker called a "drug kingpin" by U.S. President George Bush last June; for allegedly smuggling 500 kg of heroin worth more than $50 million into the U.S.; in New York City. U.S. prosecuting attorney David Kelley said Noorzai was involved in a 14- year "unholy alliance" with Afghanistan's former Taliban leaders, trading drugs and weapons for government protection. Noorzai, who faces 10 years to life in prison if convicted, pleaded not guilty in a U.S. District Court last Wednesday...
...tell that to Guy Cubaynes, a truffle harvester from the southern French town of Lalbenque, who is taking his 250-kg pig Kiki out for a truffle hunt. Cubaynes' family has been gathering truffles since the 1850s, searching for the fungi in the shade of oak trees. He says dealers in Chinese truffles have even infiltrated the center of French-truffle production. Every week, Cubaynes claims, these merchants show up at the market in Lalbenque with the same number of truffles in their baskets, a suspicious constancy. "It's cheating the consumer," says Cubaynes, "and it's also cheating...