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...violence? Any policeman will attest that a typical career thief prefers to minimize violence, which raises pressure on the police to catch him and increases severity of the punishment if he is convicted. But young South African muggers and burglars don't just rob for the money. Many want to inflict pain on their victims, beating, raping or killing them. Of the 200,000 robberies every year, more than half are classed as "aggravated," meaning the victim was also assaulted. A friend warned me before I arrived in South Africa nine months ago, "This is political crime," meaning the violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind South Africa's Reggae Murder | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...potential payout comes on the heels of a similarly bold move by Live Nation over the summer. In August, the king of concerts decided not to renew the contract that gave Ticketmaster exclusive ticketing distribution for most of Live Nation's 29,000 annual events, a loss that will rob the ticketing giant of about 20% of its sales. Instead, Live Nation is pumping up its own in-house ticket distribution arm, already the third largest in the world, which gives it a direct link to the music fans attending its shows. Not to be outdone, Ticketmaster significantly increased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Battle for Madonna | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...tour the History of the World together, with Rob Thomas as our guide!” this video seems to scream. You have reservations about this. What of historical integrity? Of respect for the dead and gone? “Nonsense!” chuckles the video. And so begins the band’s latest video mastercraft: a rapid-fire history lesson from the 1960s through today. Rob Thomas heralds the birth of Modern Time with delicate overhead claps, jamming in the NASA control center while Neil Armstrong bounces like a lunar Tigger in the background...

Author: By Elsa S. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Matchbox Twenty | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...kilometer course. Emont finished in 26:40, good for 83rd overall, and Daoud followed five seconds later, crossing at 96th overall. Rounding out the results were senior Haibo Lu in 27:32 and 143rd place, freshman Tommy Hutchison in 148th place and a time of 27:36, and freshman Rob Schaaf, who finished 206th overall at 28:42. “Dan and Tommy did well,” Green said. “I think they took about a minute off their times. They’re getting used to college-length courses and took a solid step forward...

Author: By Lucas A. Paul, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Youngsters Race in Boston | 10/8/2007 | See Source »

...Stiller's Eddie is a sad-sack bachelor who's bullied by just about everyone - his unrelentingly randy dad (Jerry Stiller), his henpecked best friend (Rob Corddry), a couple of obnoxious 10-year-olds at the wedding of his former girlfriend - into finding a suitable mate. Lila (Akerman), whom he meets at a mugging, seems the perfect solution to what other people think is his problem. She's friendly, pretty and has a job in environmental research. All right, she won't have sex with him until after they're married, but surely that'll be a consummation worth waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ben Stiller Loses Heart | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

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