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...whose wife had died hours earlier from an operable eye tumor. The tribe had no access to a surgeon--nor money to pay one. For years, Martinez has helped scientists identify plants near Aska Aja that treat everything from skin rashes to diarrhea. What he would like in return, he says, waving away flies from his wife's wrapped corpse, is some of the benefits of modern medicine. --With reporting by Owain Johnson/Uruka Amahuaja
...Nestle to get it back would be a change of heart--or a change of control--at Hershey. So when the Hershey Trust put the company up for sale last year, Nestle saw a ripe opportunity. Brabeck made an agreement with Britain's Cadbury Schweppes under which it would return Kit Kat and another brand, Rolo, to Nestle if Cadbury made the winning bid for Hershey. In the end, the Hershey Trust dropped its sale plans, but Nestle has not given up hope. Brabeck says he's "willing to go a long way" to get the brands back "because they...
...whole campus was upset when the College put an end to party grants, especially because it coincided with a wider College plot to crack down on underage drinking. From the average student’s vantage point, it would be nice to see the UC return to those issues where they can expect to win, or at least be taken seriously. The last six weeks notwithstanding, UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 and Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 have scored some important victories, most notably calendar reform, which was the result of diplomatic...
...Rangers gave to Alex Rodriguez in 2000? But it's those very same stratospheric salaries - and in particular the new deal that A-Rod and his agent-provocateur Scott Boras are reportedly seeking (how about $350 million over 10 years?) - that has much of baseball suddenly speculating about a return of the illegal practice...
...parents say her southern Illinois school's vice principal asked her and a male friend to stop hugging. Then, on Nov. 2, Megan stood near a bus in the school's parking lot and put her arm around a male friend's shoulder. The vice principal, who did not return calls seeking comment, immediately issued a detention order. Minutes later, as Megan walked across the school's front lawn, a female friend gave her a hug. The vice principal issued the second detention order...