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...Illegal Use of Hands Ghosts of scandals past returned to haunt the World Cup last week, when Senegalese midfielder Khalilou Fadiga was accused of shoplifting a gold necklace worth $240 in Taegu City, South Korea. If the hairs on the back of your neck are standing up, it's because you recall in 1970, en route to the Mexico World Cup, English skipper Bobby Moore was arrested in Bogota, Colombia, for?stealing a gold necklace. Moore, one of the greatest defenders in the history of the game, was arrested, released and endured a two-year investigation before finally being cleared...
...down to write Unless, Shields knew what she did not want: a cancer book. Instead, she wrote about Reta, a middle-aged novelist whose daughter Norah has abruptly dropped out of college to panhandle on a Toronto street corner. Norah won't speak; she wears a sign around her neck that reads, simply, GOODNESS. Reta is Shields' not-quite alter ego, and like Shields, she is discovering a realm of pain she never knew existed. "The whole sense of sadness, of the end of things, of the broken vessel--everything is there," says Shields in her quiet, serious voice...
...garden.org The official site of the National Gardening Association provides important basic information, such as which agricultural zone you live in so you will know which types of greenery grow best in your neck of the woods. But there's a lot more too: an extensive Q&A library answers thousands of fruit, flower and vegetable-garden questions, while how-tos offer seasoned advice on such topics as pruning apple trees, training climbing roses and planting window boxes...
...yellow bus is almost eight times as safe as driving them to school in the family car, according to a new federal report. Strong, closely spaced bus seats were said to protect students in head-on crashes--but lap belts, which could increase the incidence of neck injury, were of little benefit. Still, the Department of Transportation is considering shoulder-style belts for smaller buses, which are more prone to rollovers...
...that political smorgasbord last Monday afternoon at a Hilversum radio studio, where he also predicted he would live to the ripe age of 86. As he left the studio, a gunman approached him in the parking lot and fired five shots, hitting the candidate in the head, chest and neck. He died soon after...