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Lucchino and Dershowitz both attended Yale Law School, and Lucchino came to Boston seven years ago when he took over the Red Sox.

Author: By Damilare K Sonoiki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dershowitz Teaches Law of Baseball | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

The 2009 Ig Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for research from the University of Bern, Switzerland. Stephan Bolliger and Steffen Ross sought to determine whether a full or empty beer bottle did more damage when smashed over someone’s head (it was the latter). Bolliger accepted the award...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Mock Risk and Banking | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

Lieberman and his colleagues analytically determined why pregnant women do not tip over, despite the balance problems that humans must overcome as bi-peds.

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Mock Risk and Banking | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

All of a sudden, American Apparel’s popular “Legalize LA” shirts have taken on a whole new significance. In the coming days, the company will fire 1,800 workers whose papers federal authorities deemed illegitimate. Though it is always a tragedy whenever anyone...

Author: By Alix M. Olian | Title: No Jobs but No Deportation | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

The Obama policy of focusing on firing, not raids that would result in deportation, is a notable improvement over the Bush administration’s approach. Though economically damaging, at least the firings allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States rather than being sent home as they would...

Author: By Alix M. Olian | Title: No Jobs but No Deportation | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

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