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...children wrote to Rowling and begged her not to kill Ron off, because in the movies it's always the sweet best friend who dies. But into that familiar tree house Rowling inserts Hermione, infuriating at first, indispensable very soon, and the tone and tenor of their friendships ring true to a generation of kids for whom gender roles and relationships have been rearranged...
...Consider the Samsung SGH-T500, introduced earlier this year in Asian markets and selling for the equivalent of $500. Samsung bills it as "a female-centric mobile phone." Why? It's so pretty, for one thing, available in four colors, including Sapphire Blue and Topaz Gold, and featuring a ring of synthetic diamonds around the exterior display. It also offers "multiple female features," including a biorhythm calculator, a calorie counter, and a calendar that tracks the owner's menstrual cycles. Samsung says the T500 "completes communication for all the descendants of Eve." Except the American ones, apparently. The company says...
...Mass., will half-lease her aging Thoroughbred to a thrice-weekly rider and buy a horse suitable for jumping competitions. After a layoff eliminated her six-figure salary, she says, "I can't justify paying for two horses." A stall and food at a stable with a winterproof indoor ring cost $600 to $1,000 a month--not including shoes, shots, worming and insurance. --By Marjorie Backman...
...them out." Indeed, just one day after the verdict in Sun's case, Guo Xianli, an accountant from a C.-and-R. center in Hunan province, revealed that his colleagues had teamed up with police in the provincial city of Lianyuan to form a kidnapping-and-ransom ring, which netted nearly $400,000 in four years. They would ensnare traveling peasants with promises of free meals, Guo told the Sanxiang Metropolis newspaper: "They can't get out without paying. If they cry too much the staff will beat them up so badly that they'll never ask to go home...
...EXTRADITED. Cheng Chui-ping, 53, Chinese alleged head of a global people-smuggling ring; in Hong Kong to the U.S. Better known by her alias "Big Sister Ping," Cheng is accused of masterminding a 1993 attempt to smuggle 300 Chinese to the U.S. on the ship Golden Venture, which ran aground off New York, killing 10 passengers. The FBI says Cheng has smuggled tens of thousands of Chinese into the U.S. and calls her the "mother of all snakeheads...