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This weekend marks the 45th annual Head of the Charles Regatta, an event which saw more than 300,000 spectators come to watch 8,200 rowers compete last year...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big Crowds Expected For Head of the Charles | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...second half saw two more Boston University scores, the first coming in the early minutes after the starting whistle. Maryette Stuart collected the ball on a pass from Lloyd and banked in a goal off of Tassopoulos that barely cleared the crossbar, and was ruled a score after several minutes of deliberation among the game officials...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Drops Contest to Cross-Town Foe | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...years ago as a teenager, it didn't take him long to notice one of his new home's more glaring paradoxes. Despite the country's vast wealth and medical resources, the working-class Miami neighborhood where his family settled had scant access to family physicians - and most people saw a doctor only when a costly emergency hit. To Lau, it didn't seem much different from the situation back in his impoverished Nicaraguan hometown of Chinandega. "Miami has a lot of problems, but the biggest is that too many people don't get primary medical care," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Florida Medical School's Effort to Boost Primary Care | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...That argument appeared to have initially persuaded the Obama Administration to press Abbas to shelve the matter at the U.N. for six months, hoping to allow for the renewal of peace negotiations. But Abbas was forced to switch positions in response to the Palestinian outcry that saw protests in Gaza and the West Bank and opposition from top officials of his Fatah party. (Many in Fatah have lost faith in President Obama and won't be much swayed by the argument of dropping Goldstone to give the peace process a chance, as they believe a credible agreement is not possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.N.'s Gaza Probe Becomes the New Battleground | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...jihadist groups there. The involvement of women fighters may be peculiar to Punjab-based militant groups. The Taliban forces in the northwest don't tolerate women walking out their homes unaccompanied by male relatives or being educated, much less trained as fighters. But the Red Mosque siege in Islamabad saw women publicly assert their support for the militants. (Read "Taliban Siege Shows Need for Pakistan Offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Twist to Pakistani Terrorists: Women Jihadists | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

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