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...anyone who thinks the Queen of Pop is ready to relinquish her crown. She even goes after her co-writer’s sound on “Miles Away,” the song that chronicles a couple’s attempt to stay together even with an ocean between them. With its dreamy chorus and hooks aplenty, it’s an overt attempt to mimic JT’s “What Comes Around…Goes Around;” but in the end, it’s better...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Madonna | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

That's one reason local officials' response to Martin's death was so transparently silly. For 72 hours, they banned ocean swimming along a 13-mile swath from South Carlsbad State Beach to Torrey Pines State Beach. That's like a ban on leaving your home after a thunderstorm. Actually, statistically speaking the latter ban would make more sense: Your chances of dying after being struck by lightning are 1 in 3 million, about 93 times more likely than dying after an altercation with a shark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shark Frenzy in Solana Beach | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...bulbous, black stink bugs fearlessly investigate your feet as soon as you sit; if you let them, they'll crawl right up your leg. At the press conference on Sunday, Solana Beach public-safety director David Ott uttered words of wisdom: "This is a marine environment. It's the ocean. It's their environment," he said. Just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shark Frenzy in Solana Beach | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...Martin women wept quietly. The men were stoic. Dave Martin's son Jeff, 41, stepped forward to speak. He gave some prepared remarks about how the family appreciated the outpouring of grief but yearned for privacy. Afterward, a reporter asked whether the family would stop swimming in the ocean, and Jeff Martin said quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shark Frenzy in Solana Beach | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...went surfing yesterday. Does that help?" Martin said, a bit sharply. "I'm taking my boys out tomorrow." There was little left to say. The reporters began to melt away. In the distance, the sun still dazzled the ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shark Frenzy in Solana Beach | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

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