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...trick-or-treating. The kiddies, however, aren't driving the growth. "Sales of adult items are surprisingly strong," says Nick Pardasani, CEO of costumes4less.com, an online retailer. "Children's costumes used to dominate. Now it's about half and half." Pardasani says his sales are up 40% this year. Michael Jackson, Bernie Madoff and Kate Gosselin outfits are flying off the shelves, according to Spirit Halloween. (Read "Let the Recession Be Your Halloween Costume Inspiration...
...however, included study participants who became infected with HIV before the trial concluded and did not complete the entire vaccination schedule; it also factored out participants who were discovered to have been HIV-positive before the trial began. At a press conference at the Paris meeting, Dr. Nelson L. Michael, a virologist with the U.S. Military HIV Research Program, which helped run the $105 million trial, defended that statistical analysis, the "modified intent-to-treat, as the gold standard...
Still, after more than 25 years of virtually futile AIDS-vaccine research, the investigators involved in the Thai trial believe that their findings, while admittedly "modest," offer unprecedented leads to follow. "To quote from our recent history, this is a 'Yes we can' moment," Michael says. "It is not a public health breakthrough, [and] there is not a vaccine around the corner. But the door has finally been cracked open...
Anthropology Professor Michael Herzfeld...
...abuse and are appealing the verdict. The grandmother appeared before a criminal tribunal earlier this month to face a similar charge. All three defendants have denied any wrongdoing, and the child has remained in the mother's custody while the case is being adjudicated. (Read "Custody Agreement Reached for Michael Jackson's Kids...