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...long been one of the principal tourist sites in Phnom Penh, long enough for locals to have stubbed out scores of cigarettes in the eyes of Pol Pot in one photograph. But this spring the monument to the past came into the news again when the man who had overseen the torture for four years, Kang Khek Ieu, generally known as Duch, was suddenly discovered, by foreign journalists, in a western Cambodian village. He was running a crushed-ice stall in the countryside and had certificates of baptism to prove his status as a born-again Christian...
...complained to superiors about gay-bashing - soldiers who may or may not have actually been homosexual - often found themselves targets of investigations into their sex lives that were no less harassing. The Pentagon will try to rectify that on two levels: by ensuring that all investigations be run and overseen by senior military lawyers - rather than low-level commanders who may have an ax to grind - and by instituting tolerance training of the troops from boot camp on. After five years, says TIME writer-reporter John Cloud, the new policy has improved the situation for gays in only one significant...
...angoraphile filmmaker Ed Wood and gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Now it seems he may consider portraying the original cape man himself, Liberace. Depp's agent confirms only that the actor has read a script based on the flamboyant pianist's life, but a revised version is currently being overseen by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, with whom Depp worked on Ed Wood. The screenwriters, no strangers to eccentricity, have also penned biopics on Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and oddball comic Andy Kaufman. Remember, Johnny, don't get too close to the candelabra when wearing the wig. --Reported by Jeffrey...
...this is a sport with one of the worst reputations around," says TIME sports senior editor Bill Saporito. "Anything that will move reform along is welcome." Unlike other major sports, which have national organizations and a unified set of standards, professional boxing functions in a world of individual contractors overseen by state boxing regulators with very uneven records. "Boxing is a segmented, cottage industry," says Saporito, and that leaves it wide open to abuses. The latest legislation, which is named after boxing great Muhammad Ali, has a very powerful Senate backer, Arizona Republican John McCain. But it faces tough going...
...responsibility for hiring and firing teachers now lies largely with the principals, who in Cambridge are overseen by appointed School Superintendent Bobbie D'Alessandro...