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...primary aims of yesterday’s rally was to build attendance for Mass. Power Shift’s organizational meeting today in the Ticknor Lounge at 3:50 p.m. The time for the event is a reference to the figure 350 parts per million, which scientists have identified as the upper threshold of safe carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere...
...staffers who know him said they were baffled by his arrest on Thursday on a charge of attempted grand larceny after he allegedly tried to get Letterman to pay him $2 million for a "screenplay" he was writing about the late-night host's sexual affairs. Halderman has pleaded not guilty to the charge, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. (See the top 10 disastrous David Letterman interviews...
...there are some concerns that costs could spiral out of control. London Mayor Boris Johnson has put forth a plan to cut ?20 million ($32 million) from the budget by holding certain events (boxing, shooting, rhythmic gymnastics and badminton) in existing venues such as Wembley Arena - even if this means longer transport time for athletes staying at the Olympic Village. In response to recent opposition from the Olympic Board, which in addition to Johnson includes Lord Sebastian Coe, the LOCOG chairman, the ever-quotable Johnson evoked former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, saying: "If I have to take my shoe...
...city. And keeping the Olympic athletes and spectators safe won't come cheaply, so once again, money has become a concern. "The cost of providing the security for the London Games will be astronomic," Szymanski says. Britain's Home Office estimates that security will run about ?600 million ($959 million), but with three years to go before the event, the agency can't say exactly how the money will be spent. Apart from that are the logistics. "It's not an event you will be able just to turn up at and get in [quickly]. The challenge for London will...
...practice that, over time, can lead to malnutrition, illness, and death. In 2005 the World Health Organization estimated the nation's total lost wages from caring for formula-fed children with diarrhea and acute respiratory infections during the first six months of life was 1 billion pesos ($21.3 million), a figure that does not include the cost of doctor visits, medicine and hospitalization that parents have to pay. (Read "Salma Hayek, Breast-Feeding and One Very Public Service...