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...Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is going to far more interesting places. Since opening in Rwanda last August, it has played Johannesburg and Cape Town, and is now set for runs in Liberia, the Balkans and Northern Ireland, before ending up way off Broadway at the basement Colonnades Theater Lab in New York City. Director and Colonnades founder Michael Lessac says his aim is to tell the story of an "evolutionary step for humanity," a time when South Africa did "something that no other country in the world has ever done: forgave the past to survive the future." With music...
...awkward. He or she may, in all likelihood, look offended and snap, “I live in your hall!” But consider: Is a little social discomfort worth $10,000 of personal belongings? (This much was stolen from Lowell in 2005.) And, conversely, when your lab partner turns to you outside Old Quincy C and asks for ID, try not to be belligerent. After all, you may look very different without safety goggles. So when running down to the basement to get laundry, the temptation to use your QR textbook as a doorstop may be overwhelming...
...culprit in a rash of salmonella cases nationwide, totaling 329 reported cases in 41 states. While the FDA has not attributed any deaths thus far to the peanut butter infestation, at least two wrongful death lawsuits are already in the works. On Thursday a University of Iowa lab announced the first finding of salmonella in an open jar of peanut butter. The jar had been provided by an infected patient. Experts say it's the first time in U.S. history that peanut butter has been linked to a salmonella outbreak...
...Chinese health officials ordered six kinds of lipstick from two Shantou-based companies-including a strawberry-flavored variety-pulled from stores after they were found to contain SUDAN RED, an industrial dye known to cause cancer in lab animals. The dye, used to color petrol and floor polish, has also shown up in some Chinese chili powders and eggs...
...Meanwhile, the Justice Department has lent staff and resources to the U.S. Attorney's office here, and police are trying to nail as many suspects as possible on federal charges, thereby bypassing the struggling state system. A new crime lab is scheduled to open within weeks, which should speed up the process of bringing formal charges against accused criminals...