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...Less shrieky and more geeky was the crowd at the panel for True Blood, Alan Ball's adaptation of Harris's series about a telepathic barmaid in Louisiana named Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) who solves mysteries about vampires and werewolves. Ball showed a long teaser reel from the show, which struck fans of the series as "sexier than the books," "more violent than the books," "more sensationalistic." In other words, more like...
Much like homes with similar exteriors, walk-away companies can look very different on the inside. Some use the phrase to reel in the desperate and then help them try to save their homes (what a concept), while others don't do much more than hand-holding through the foreclosure process--guidance that's given elsewhere for free. The whole idea of walking away is troubling to consumer advocates, who worry that these firms are whitewashing the fact that foreclosure is a traumatic experience--both financially and emotionally--that takes years to recover from...
...need to be at our best when our best is needed.” The Crimson lost its third straight Ivy game, an 8-5 defeat against Cornell, before finally notching an Ivy win later that day. The success quickly spread, as Harvard proceeded to reel off nine more wins. The Crimson used the 10-game winning streak to jump-start a 17-5 record over its final 22 regular season games, an impressive stretch that included sweeps of Columbia, Penn, Holy Cross, and Yale. Harvard hit a collective .297, good enough for second in the Ivy League. Leading...
McCain has a predicament. Though his candidacy has gotten a boost from the endless Obama v. Clinton grudge match, McCain knows that Democratic strife alone won't get him to the White House. To win, he must reel in independent voters, and to do that he has to distance himself from one of the least popular Presidents in American history at a time when 80 percent of voters say the country is heading down the wrong track. So while the Democrats are busy finishing up their fight, McCain has been looking for ways to prove that his first term wouldn...
Admittedly, this emphasis on raising kids green can make some parents reel. Heather Timmons, 32, a full-time mother and homeschooler of four children in Brownsville, Ore., sticks to the doable. She tackles a different environmental challenge each month, whether it's (almost) eliminating paper towels or making her own household cleaners with vinegar and baking soda. "I believe it's important to do your part and be responsible," says Timmons, who does so by consolidating car trips, buying toys secondhand and substituting vintage plates for paper at her kids' birthday parties. "But at the same time...