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...similarities between one of Cho's photographs and the South Korean movie Oldboy, by the director Chan-wook Park, about a man who seeks vengeance on the man who kept him unjustly imprisoned for 15 years. Cho photographed himself flourishing a hammer, the movie 's trademark weapon, in a pose that the professor, Paul Harris, said resembled one from the film. Another possible outgrowth of the media storm is that, according to the Korea Herald newspaper, Cho's parents are currently under the protection of the Virginia State Police...
...kissed her on the cheek. If it looked slightly awkward, Shetty said later, that's because it was unexpected. "Richard does not understand Hindi," she told a press conference. "All he knows is that Bollywood is all about song and dance. So, he decided to give a dance pose with me to entertain the crowd." (See pictures of Africa's AIDS crisis...
...Critics have challenged that it is possible for families to conceal their assets in hopes of qualifying for federal aid. But Scott-Clayton said she believes that only a small group of people would attempt this sort of fraud, although those who succeed at manipulating the system would pose serious political risks. Dynarski and Scott-Clayton released their discussion paper last month and presented the results at a forum in Washington, D.C. On Capitol Hill, Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) is also working to simplify the FAFSA form by allowing information from the Internal Revenue Service to be entered automatically...
...with Tasers—weapons that are used to subdue suspects by releasing a disabling electric charge—potentially making it the first Boston-area police department to add the weapon to its arsenal. Tasers have come under increasing scrutiny because of concerns about the risk they may pose to suspects, with an Amnesty International report released last year concluding that 61 people died in the U.S. in 2005 after being shocked with a Taser gun. Police Department spokesman Frank T. Pasquarello said in a phone interview yesterday that no money has yet been allocated to purchase Tasers...
...annual energy needs. And there's that old favorite, les égouts de Paris, the city's sewer and water system dating to the 14th century, a stop for tourists. Granted, the group of American mayors and water experts who recently took in the infrastructure sights didn't pose for pictures. But anyone seeking a fitting image of Gallic irony could hardly do better than the water business in France...