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...headlines and hype?apparently with no demands met?only added to his aura and provided grist to rumors of secret government payoffs. In a gripping new book, Veerappan, The Untold Story (Penguin Books India; 312 pages), journalist Sunaad Raghuram tries to separate the folk legend from the callous outlaw who once reportedly murdered a gang member's child for fear that its cries would alert police who were stalking...
After losing her daughter to an auto accident caused by a driver using his cell phone, activist Patricia Pena launched a crusade to outlaw cell-phone use while driving. But regardless of how much sense it makes, I doubt we will ever see a ban on drivers' using cell phones. So instead of a campaign to eliminate their use, we should work with our elected officials to create legislation that would mandate severe punishment for anyone who causes an accident while driving and using a cell phone. No phone call is so important that a person must jeopardize the safety...
...number of people using or selling magic mushrooms, but they know it is significant. "You walk through the city at night and you see the mushrooms being sold all around you," says Hideo Eno of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor, which is considering legislation to outlaw the mushrooms and treat them like any illegal drug...
Will Hong Kong follow Beijing's lead and ban Falun Gong? The territory's leaders are sending out mixed signals. Last week, Sir Donald Tsang, head of Hong Kong's civil service, appeared to assert that the government would not outlaw the group. But his words were carefully ambiguous. And just days earlier, his boss, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, stood up before the territory's Legislative Council and declared: "There is no doubt Falun Gong is an evil cult." That statement has been broadly interpreted as a precursor for a tough anticult bill. And if such a bill...
...launched a crusade to bar cell phone use while driving. In a debate complicated by high-powered lobbyists and murky data, Pena became the one clear voice. In 18 months she has testified before Congress and five state and local legislatures. Her story has helped motivate 10 counties to outlaw the use of handheld phones in cars. Last year 20 states considered bills outlawing or limiting phone use behind the wheel, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This year New York and Rhode Island look poised to pass such restrictions into...