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...Feist Shut out of the big stuff, Leslie Feist at least got nominated for best new artist (heretofore known as best artist new to Grammy voters) and best pop vocal album. It's a nice capstone to a year in which she went from indie-folk darling to the Top 10 (thanks largely to Steve Jobs' using "1,2,3,4" in iPod...
...campaign could do severe damage to Iran's military and nuclear facilities, but the Chiefs said they were opposed to such a strike because of the probable "blowback." The Iranians, Bush was told, could make life very difficult for the U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq. They could shut off the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, thereby creating a global economic crisis. And they could use the threat of Iran-sponsored terrorist attacks on the American homeland...
...somewhere in northwestern Pennsylvania. I woke up, hungry, and decided to see if I could find some food. I ventured back into the food car where I ordered a bagel, took a seat next to a loud, boisterous group of Norsemen, and promptly told the one nearest me to shut up, if he didn’t mind.The group, composed of Swedish tourists enjoying one of their generous vacations, was far too consumed by its own good humor to be bothered by a cantankerous 19-year-old who hadn’t been awake so early in months. Instead, they...
...National Intelligence Estimate, or NIE, compiled every two years, reflects the consensus among the 16 branches of the U.S. intelligence community. This week's report judged "with high confidence" that Iran shut down its nuclear weapons program back in 2003, reversing the findings of the 2005 NIE on Iran. U.S. officials have yet to disclose, even to their allies, precisely what intelligence may have led to the change of view. (A classified version of the NIE is said to contain up to 1,000 pieces of information in footnotes, including a telephone call in which an Iranian general expresses exasperation...
...Netherlands native and veteran of blizzards, welcomed the first flakes with a snowball fight early yesterday morning. “We were screaming and running around,” she said, “and some guy opened his window and yelled ‘Shut up! People are trying to sleep in here.’” Peter J. Huybers, an assistant professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and self-described fan of the snow, said it is difficult to predict what kind of weather is in store for this winter. To help out with the cold...