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...shop dispenses remedies for everything from colds to ringworm to dry skin. In addition to offering the traditional pharmacy service she grew up with, Marrone began mixing special potions for customers, who would then rave about their skin. Her carrot-butter cleanser and double rose rejuvenating cream became so popular that Marrone had to open a factory to keep up with the growing demand...
Welcome to Michael's (Little, Brown and Company) Restaurateur Michael McCarty of Michael's Restaurant?known as the watering hole of New York City's media élite?gathers 85 of his most popular recipes...
...Senate Republicans did the right thing for the wrong reasons on Friday, blocking a popular but execrable $286 billion farm bill over an esoteric procedural dispute. In doing so, they gave up the opportunity to shower more money on farm country in a calculated partisan effort to embarrass the Democratic majority. Now both parties will spend the next few months - and maybe the entire next year - blaming one another for delaying legislation that deserves to be destroyed...
...collective sigh of disappointment could be heard in bars and homes around Uganda seconds after Maureen Namatovu, the Ugandan contestant on the reality-TV program Big Brother Africa 2, was finally evicted from the show. The second African season of the series that helped make reality TV a popular format in the U.S. and Europe is captivating viewers throughout the continent with its tawdry language, free-flowing alcohol and sexual antics. Namatovu returned home to a war hero's reception, although her fan base is divided into two camps: those saddened that she did not win the $100,000 prize...
...Brother Africa was launched three years ago and attracts millions of viewers each evening; the show has become one of the most popular television programs produced in Africa. South Africa-based satellite channel M-Net co-produces the show and broadcasts it to more than 1.2 million subscribers in 41 African nations. Though the majority of M-Net's subscribers are in South Africa, as only a tiny percentage of Africans own television sets, millions gather in clubs and restaurants across the continent to watch the real-life daily soap opera unfold. Television has succeeded where politics failed in creating...