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This June, Melissa Drexler of Ocean County, N.J. was charged with murder when, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, an autopsy found that her six-pound baby boy had "died from asphyxia due to manual strangulation or obstruction of the mouth or nose." In the proceeding investigation it was revealed that Drexler had given birth to the baby at her high school prom and then disposed of him in the trash...
...Ocean's Eleven (1960). The Rat Pack. Rat Pack movies are tough. Frank, Dean, Sammy, Lawford and Bishop: you try so hard to love them as much as they loved themselves. Ocean's Eleven is the prototype, and probably the best of them. Good plot (army buddies knock over five Vegas casinos), and Cesar Romero is great icing as kingpin Duke Santos. But it's stiffly paced and self-indulgent. Go ahead and see it anyway...
Though the issue is still controversial, many scientists believe that a documented rise in carbon dioxide levels worldwide has caused large-scale climate changes. If the trend continues, it could lead to environmental problems such as the melting of polar ice caps and a rise in ocean levels across the globe...
...nature. This is shown in the legacy he created: an extraordinary resurgence of pride in being an American and a rekindling of the notion that public service is a noble calling. Kennedy's true stature should be judged by his public accomplishments, not his private life. JEROLD L. ZARO Ocean...
...misguided to say there is no link between global warming and recent anomalous El Nino behavior. El Nino is certainly a natural phenomenon, but it occurs because there is a need to move heat out of the tropical Pacific Ocean, where it would otherwise build up. Because global warming caused by increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere disturbs the heat balance, it affects El Nino. The behavior of El Nino in the past 20 years is statistically very unusual compared with that of the previous 100 years. Determining exactly which part of this unusual behavior is connected to global warming...