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...celebration, like so many in this grinding global conflict with the jihadists, was short-lived. NATO's press release went out of its way to say that Dadullah "will most certainly be replaced in time." It didn't take that long: four days after the strike, the Taliban's leader, Mullah Omar, announced that Dadullah would be succeeded by his brother. Dadullah was uniquely abhorrent, a one-legged mastermind of suicide bombings and beheadings who had earned the nickname Afghanistan's Zarqawi. But his death won't likely damage the Taliban any more than Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's liquidation...
...grandparents are suing the Chicago Board of Education for $500,000, saying an in-class screening of the R-rated (and gay-themed) Brokeback Mountain distressed the girl. "It is very important to me that my children not be exposed to this," her grandfather told the ASSOCIATED PRESS. SCORE...
...episode). Plus, a nagging knee injury stripped some motivation. "Serena is definitely the baby in our family," says Williams' sister Isha of her youngest sib. "She has a little of that 'Woe is me' going on. Like, 'Oh, my God, why am I always injured? Why is the press picking...
...most influential people in the world? Come on. He is a U.S. Senator now, but in truth, what has he done besides be part African American, handsome and a presidential candidate? He's no more innovative in his rhetoric than other Democrats, and yet the press is certainly helping him in his campaign. Don't push candidates...
...media this spring and last could hardly be greater: in February 2006, while high school seniors were gearing up to pick their future school, Harvard's president resigned after a protracted battle with Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors that made headlines around the world; this February, the national press largely cast Harvard in a rosy glow after the University selected its first woman president in its 371-year history. And yet, the admissions yield figures for 2007 and 2006 were separated by just six-tenths of a percent...