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...belief that film can change the world - even if it kills him. "In the last five years, the hardships I have witnessed have pushed me on more than three occasions to try to commit suicide," he says. "But on the other hand, I have no other option than to continue doing this. Maybe one day a result will come out. We have to have hope...
...Senate, which in the past prided itself on being the more collegial of the two chambers, majority leader Bill Frist is threatening what is called the nuclear option, a complicated parliamentary maneuver to prevent Democrats from filibustering Bush's judicial nominees. Though Bush had more judges confirmed in his first term than the previous three Presidents had in theirs, Republicans are still seething over Democratic filibusters that blocked confirmation of 10 of his more conservative appeals-court picks. So Republican Senators may seek a ruling from the Senate's presiding officer--who, conveniently, is Vice President Cheney--that filibusters against...
...Lori Bannon turned to another online school, Laurel Springs in Ojai, California. Bannon, who has a Harvard medical degree, didn't want to compromise the education of her daughter Lindsay, 13, an ?lite gymnast who spends eight hours a day in the gym. "Regular school was not an option," says Bannon, "but I wanted to make sure she could go back at grade level if she quit gymnastics." Laurel Springs' enrollment has increased 35% a year for the past four years, to 1,800 students. At least 25% are either athletes or child entertainers...
...Lori Bannon turned to another online school, Laurel Springs in Ojai, California. Bannon, who has a Harvard medical degree, didn't want to compromise the education of her daughter Lindsay, 13, an élite gymnast who spends eight hours a day in the gym. "Regular school was not an option," says Bannon, "but I wanted to make sure she could go back at grade level if she quit gymnastics." Laurel Springs' enrollment has increased 35% a year for the past four years, to 1,800 students. At least 25% are either athletes or child entertainers. Educators are split...
...Americans flocked to see Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock's documentary about what happens when you eat nothing but McDonald's food for a month. Now McDonald's is discontinuing its Super Size option...