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...December, officials in Texas and California conceded that the suicide rates in their prisons are on the rise, with the majority occurring among inmates in solitary. This prompted an outcry against both systems. Lawyers for accused terrorist facilitator Jose Padilla challenged his fitness last month to stand trial, arguing that his 3½ years in solitary lockdown at a South Carolina military brig have rendered him unable to assist in his own defense. Around the same time, convicted bomber Eric Rudolph began corresponding with a reporter for a Colorado newspaper, describing his days...
After Dallas Cowboys malcontent Terrell Owens, no NFL player elicits as much fan emotion as Manning. Love him, hate him--either way, he's that transcendent athlete, perched in the public eye, who always gets a rise. And now he's truly in the spotlight. After nine pro seasons of compiling stunning individual stats while his teams tasted postseason failure, Manning has his shot at a title: his high-octane Colts are favored to bounce the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, which will be played Feb. 4 in Miami...
This MATO alliance would include the countries that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on her recent trip to the region, referred to as the "mainstream" and "moderate" Arab nations: Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the gulf states. These nations are as threatened as we are by the rise of Iran and of Islamist radicalism...
...numbers of Americans seek coverage. But Bush would offset these new deductions by taxing employer-provided benefits above that $15,000 (or $7,500) level. The White House guesses that in the first year 30 million people (whose employer plans are richer than the deduction) would see their taxes rise as a result, while 100 million would see their taxes reduced. Yet here's the trick: these numbers would reverse over the next decade, because the value of the deductions will be indexed to rise only with inflation, while health premiums, rising faster, will leave more people facing...
...desire to live like a manga character gave rise to "maid cafés," staffed by waitresses dressed in extreme French-maid outfits. The possibility that women might want a tearoom of their own prompted a group led by Yoko Otsuka, 29, a pleasantly bookish young woman, to create Swallowtail, Tokyo's first butler café. Since Swallowtail opened last March, customers have lined up for reservations. The café tripled its space in October, but tables are still booked solid. The most ardent customers come daily and might never leave if Otsuka hadn't put an 80-minute limit on reservations...