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...Carson Daly, who will host NBC's New Year's Eve broadcast, spoke to TIME's Rebecca Winters Keegan to explain why he became the first late-night host to return to TV during the writers' strike. He also argues that the Times Square ball-drop is TiVo-proof and talks about what happens now that user-generated content is "sort of over...
Professor Judith McMullen of Marquette Law School said judges are often forced to rely on gut instincts about who is telling the truth in custody cases involving allegations - but little proof - of domestic violence. "It's a credibility issue, and judges often simply go with their intuition about who is telling the truth," McMullen told TIME. "These are very sad cases. People usually want to say well, for example, the mother is lying and the father is an innocent victim. But that is not usually the case. Even if there was no abuse, the mother often truly believes there...
...player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a single season, confessed to using steroids years ago. And Mark McGuire has been similarly exposed in the light of his extremely productive later seasons as a home run hitter. But not until now have we had overwhelming proof that steroid use is endemic to the sport and its stars. In fact, some players named in the report have come clean after the fact, like Yankees star pitcher Andy Pettitte. Others, however, continue to deny use. But quibbling about what types of drugs were used and when...
...Christmastime provides ample proof that mankind is not as rational, as open-minded, as free-thinking as many secular people think it and hope it could be. Secular celebrants of Christmas either ignorantly perpetuate meaningless traditions, or, even worse, find comfort and joy in observing them...
...hold the line. "I want to know why this happened, where she is and how I can help to bring her home," says Masaru Honma, whose younger sister, Megumi Yokota, was kidnapped in 1977 at age 13. "The fact that they sent us a stamped death certificate is proof to me that she is still alive...