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...orders to straighten up his desk. Summoned by the headmaster to confront the errant student and his parents, Laboureur acknowledged and apologized for delivering the blow, and received a verbal reprimand. But the father of the swatted child, a member of the local gendarmerie, considered that punishment too light. He filed a citizen's complaint for "violence against a minor," and his law enforcement colleagues brought Laboureur to the station, where he was questioned, fingerprinted, photographed, DNA-tested and jailed for nearly 24 hours...
...women of Casselberry, Fla., had an unlikely inspiration to run for local office: strip clubs. "We'd become known as a red-light district," says vice mayor Colleen Hufford. "All the other cities in our area were flourishing, and we were seeing ours deteriorate." Hufford, with several other women, started holding meetings for community members to discuss the situation. They formed a political action committee and ran candidates for the city commission in 2006. Today, three commissioners are members of the group, and they've brought in a female city manager, city attorney and city clerk. The women have spearheaded...
Swimming in the Tracer I noticed the compression in my legs was greater than with any other suit I've worn. It made me feel explosive and helped me kick effectively. The suit felt light, like I was swimming in saltwater, and although it wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world - it took 20 minutes to get into - it was fast...
...swimmer or mannequin) to measure exactly how much time each modification shed for the swimmer When I tried on the LZR, this drag-reducing technology was definitely the most pronounced advancement on the suit. I've raced in Fast Skin suits before, but the LZR feels different. Neither especially light nor heavy, it seemed fastest during the streamline, the position the swimmer holds coming out of the dive and off the wall. I felt like a launched torpedo, like I could push off and, without trying, glide all the way down the pool. In addition to the fabric, Speedo developed...
...China's moment. Back in the Middle Kingdom's heyday, dignitaries from elsewhere in the world would come to pay tribute to the Emperor, an acknowledgement of China's power. As legendary gymnast Li Ning, a six-time Olympic medalist and sporting-wear tycoon, soared through midair to light the Olympic cauldron, the world bore witness to the unmistakable fact that China was back - in a blaze of glory. - With reporting by Sean Gregory and Alice Park/Beijing