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...Flip Burgers, Not Cups Congratulations to Steven Purugganan for breaking the world record at a totally useless endeavor, sport stacking [April 27]. I'm sure he feels that $30 for a set of cups, timer and mat are well worth the price. I only hope that when he grows up he will find more sensible ways to spend his valuable time. Neil Bresnahan, Poing, Germany...
...What a difference a financial crisis makes. After the worldwide economic boom went bust, demand abruptly evaporated for many commodities. The Dow Jones - AIG commodity price index has shed more than half its value since mid-2008. The most visible turnaround has been in oil. A year ago, Western governments were pleading with Persian Gulf oil states to ramp up production as oil sped toward $150 a barrel; today, OPEC is twisting off the spigot in an attempt to support crude prices around $50. Some experts believe prices may stay depressed for years to come, due to greater energy efficiency...
...week and slashing university spending by $1.2 billion, the governor plans to sell some of the state's leading landmarks to raise cash. Among the properties being considered for the auction block: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (home of the 1932 and 1980 Summer Olympic Games), estimated price $400 million; San Quentin state prison, estimated value $1 billion; and Del Mar Fairgrounds (the famed "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" race track north of San Diego), estimated value $500 million. (Read about how recession is threatening the original Surf City...
Still Walking Tall. Country Walkers is celebrating 30 years in business with a 30-for-30 offer. The outfit is taking $300 off the price of 30 different tours, including a nine-day hike through Ecuador's Andean Highlands along the Hacienda Trail ($3,598 per person); a seven-day gastronomic tour of medieval towns along the Italian Riviera ($3,648 per person); or a 10-day expedition through terraced fields, valleys and forests with views of the snow-capped Himalayas in Bhutan ($4,998 per person...
...been arrested four times since starting Gayrussia.ru in 2005. Still, Alexeyev says he will not stop until gay and lesbian couples have the same rights as all other Russians. "We want the right to adopt children and the right to get married." His work has come at a price. When he came out at 22, he was in the middle of pursuing a master's degree in law. But when he announced that the topic of his thesis would be gay-rights legislation in Europe, he was expelled. Says he: "There is a homophobic totalitarian past in Russia, while...