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SERENA WILLIAMS, tennis player, downplaying her profane tirade directed toward a lineswoman who called a foot fault against Williams during the deciding game of her U.S. Open women's semifinal match. Williams incurred a point penalty for the outburst, which resulted in her losing the match...
...drastic has occurred: the Web's first major ecosystem collapse. Think of Wikipedia's community of volunteer editors as a family of bunnies left to roam freely over an abundant green prairie. In early, fat times, their numbers grow geometrically. More bunnies consume more resources, though, and at some point, the prairie becomes depleted, and the population crashes...
...does objecting to all legislation serve your constituents? -Richard English, Mission Viejo, Calif. I vote against all spending - even spending that I might justify - unless it doesn't add to the deficit, because debt is a monster and it has driven us to the point of bankruptcy. I think my constituents' best interests are served by voting against all excessive spending. Evidently, they must understand it to some degree, because up until now I've been re-elected...
...good news - at least from a city-planning point of view - is that McMansions are ready-made to be broken into tinier living spaces. Each bedroom typically has its own bathroom, voluminous basements often offer a second kitchen, and garages comfortably fit three or four cars. See pictures of Americans at home...
...yard line, Newhall—in his second career start—orchestrated an 80-yard touchdown drive in which he threw for seventy yards, rushed for ten more, and completed an eight-yard touchdown pass to Sewall with 34 seconds remaining. After Drew Plichta’s extra point attempt went through the uprights, the Bears had the Crimson lead cut down to three...