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...been 25 previous attempts to scale the 23,300-ft. (7,100 m) mountain, all of them unsuccessful. "They were doing the purest kind of climbing," says Alfonso Hernández, a reporter for the Períodico de Aragon, Pérez and Novallón's local newspaper. "No ropes, and totally alone up there...
...certain age recall when Stuckey's was known for sweet divinity and gooey taffy, back when such phrases weren't even vaguely smutty. But that was the old days. A big yellow sign went up, screaming, "ADULT Superstore." Lion's Den and its giant billboard have been in local crosshairs ever since. (See Ron Jeremy talk about his life in porn...
...Optional Coverage of Nurse Home Visitation Services" certainly doesn't sound controversial. The initiative, which has existed in various forms at the state and local level for decades, would fund programs that "provide parents with knowledge of age-appropriate child development in cognitive, language, social, emotional, and motor domains...modeling, consulting, and coaching on parenting practices; [and] skills to interact with their child." Most similar programs have nurses visit the homes of low-income parents, usually before and after the birth of their first child, to teach them about nutrition, anger management and other parenting issues. ("Read "Ezekiel Emanuel, Obama...
...Earlier this year, Ethiopia's parliament passed a tough new law seeking to regulate charities and foreign humanitarian groups in the country. The law, which labels as foreign any local organization that gets more than 10% of its funding from abroad, restricts charity work on issues related to gender, ethnicity, children's rights and conflict resolution, and bars advocacy activities. The government says the law is meant to ensure that charities focus on development, but many fear it will deter those working in the field from taking bold actions like advocating for the hungry...
...Vulture restaurants may be the birds' best immediate hope. At the Sindh facility, veterinary staffers are trained to inspect and purchase safe meat, usually from cattle and goats, from local farmers. Some vulture restaurants in India also allow meat drop-offs, making it easier for farmers to dispose of carcasses. Though most restaurants are operating in Asia, there are also a few others in Africa. Anywhere from five to 100 vultures may descend in a day at South Africa's Camp Jambulani vulture restaurant, ranger Steven DuToit tells TIME. (Read "The New Age of Extinction...