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...choose these two men to profile? I knew that forensic science in the U.S. had been born in the 1920s - I just wanted to figure out who was doing it. I looked at a few scientists before and in the footnotes would see Alexander Gettler talked about as the "father of American toxicology." I had one those journalist moments: 'Well, if he's the father of American toxicology, where is he?' (Read 10 stories of wrongfully imprisoned men exonerated by DNA evidence...
...knew of his talents and his accomplishments in high school and that he had a strong work ethic,” Weiss said. “The big challenge is how quickly someone can adapt to the college style, but he trains hard and has the intangibles to do well. When we went down to Dallas in January, we played Oklahoma and he beat No. 13 [Jarrod Patterson]. That gave him the confidence and it was a big step...
...number of instances, we were forced to make decisions very quickly, and we knew that sometimes they would have unattractive consequences,” he said, adding that such decisions had to be modified as events unfolded...
...food is very good, Madame. The meat is 100% French," the official said, picking up a brochure from her desk. I knew this brochure well, having e-mailed it to friends in the U.S. last year as a this-could-only-happen-in-France conversation piece. It lists in great detail the lunch menu for each school day over a two-month period. On Mondays, the menus are also posted on the wall outside every school in the country. The variety on the menus is astonishing: no single meal is repeated over the 32 school days in the period...
...much attention that as the Norwegian team was walking off the ice after destroying France 9-2 on Monday, a Canadian fan asked if he could buy them right from the players. The Norwegians declined, preferring not to enter the post-game interview area in their undies. "We knew it was going to get a lot of attention," says Norwegian curler Haavard Vad Petersson, when asked about his team's sartorial selection. "But maybe a little more than expected. We're actually looking for different colors for a long time. But for a curler, it's always important to have...