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...needed to do any work. “The things he was able to grasp at the age that he was were just incredible,” Brian Friedman said, noting that his brother understood calculus in the eighth grade. During a remission in 2005, Friedman was granted a request by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Rather than opting for a shopping spree, a meeting with a celebrity, or a trip to Disney World, he used the opportunity to found Mikey’s Way Foundation, a charity that raises money to improve entertainment facilities for children undergoing cancer treatment...
...Kafkaesque procedures like those in Mississippi—where people must actually call in to request a request form for an absentee ballot—that convince me that unforgiving voting laws are greater culprits in low youth turnout than political disinterest. In a recent IOP Survey, conducted last spring, 72 percent of surveyed college students said they would be voting in the general election, a 10-point increase relative to 2000. Meanwhile, ask a college student how he can vote absentee: According to the 2003 Survey, one in three students will tell you he has no idea...
...time did Palin or her government cite the desire to preserve Alaskan gas for the lower 48 states. The Sempra terminal began operations just four months after Palin announced unconditional support for the Marathon and ConocoPhillips request and a month before DOE approved their plans to export gas to Asia. The development of the Mexico plant was well-known and much anticipated in energy circles...
...declined TIME's request for comment on the leaked information about the Storm. But with a formal announcement expected by Wednesday, the Web buzz that began this spring about the hot new BlackBerry has turned into a roar...
...shortages have again made North Korea a ward of the international community. At the request of Pyongyang, the World Food Program (WFP) has stepped up its relief effort in recent months. The agency plans to provide food in the coming weeks for more than 6 million North Koreans - about a quarter of the population. In certain parts of the country, particularly the northeast, the situation is "reaching a level of humanitarian emergency," says Jean-Pierre de Margerie, the WFP's country director for North Korea in Pyongyang...