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...nine-year-old son Walter (Gattlin Griffith), whose father walked out when the child was born. One day Christine returns home to find Walter missing. As the days and months drag on, his disappearance becomes big news, and when word comes that the boy has been located, the press is there en masse at the train station. Instantly she sees that this "Walter" (Devon Conti) is not her son; but the police insist that he's Walter - case closed...
...Hand-drawn fliers, press clips and photos amplify the interviews, most of which were conducted in 2000 (two years before Strummer's death at age 50) for the Grammy-winning documentary Westway to the World. The book reveals fresh anecdotes that aren't in the film, and affords a fuller recounting of others, such as Strummer's ham-fisted attempt at rioting during London's 1976 Notting Hill Carnival: "We were standing around this car with a box of Swan Vesta [matches] and it's one thing to say, 'Burn the cars and burn the ghetto,' but you try setting...
...store owners who have told him there is prostitution in the area. In April, the city announced that the 2008 homelessness census showed a 10 percent increase in the number of people without homes in Cambridge. The upswing in local homelessness coincides with a wider state trend. The Associated Press reports that there are about 1,800 families currently in Massachussetts homeless shelters and that the number of homeless families living in motels in the state jumped from 17 last September to 588 at the beginning of this month. Beginning in 1999, the state’s Department of Transitional...
...says, observing that the frequency of on-board trysts has recently dipped. But the mere lack of privacy (or blankets or booze) isn't likely to stop the most determined couples. Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of the upcoming collection of erotica, The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories (Cleis Press), says, "I think it depends. Anyone who's horny and creative enough can find a way to do it. The key to joining the mile-high club is having a sense of naughtiness and adventure, and if you have that you'll find...
...immediate reaction from Thaksin or his lawyers in Bangkok, and it remains to be seen how London will respond to the ruling. Thaksin has consistently denied violating any corruption or conflict of interest laws since several charges have been brought against him in recent years. He told the Thai press that he would prepare a written response to the verdict in coming days...