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...plot of Black and White is engrossing from the get-go. The first murder victim is a much-hated editor who supervised the newspaper's standards of word choice, and who personifies the tyrannical, pretentious side of the Times. (The inside joke here is that the victim, Theodore Ratnoff, is portrayed as a tall and handsome strapping blond, while the real editor of standards, Allan Siegal, was short and heroically rotund.) His body is discovered with a telling item stuck into his chest: a newspaper spike, the symbol of days gone by, when an editor rejecting copy would spike...
...Crawford, Texas, expect in Hawaii? First and foremost, some time at Hawaii's justifiably famous beaches. Obama, who spent much of his childhood near Hawaii's best-known beach, Waikiki, is a big fan of bodysurfing. His favorite spot is a place called Sandy's Beach on the windward side of the island. Much of Oahu outside of Waikiki is for locals - in fact, the island has permitted the construction of only four hotels outside of Waikiki - and the eastern coast, where Sandy's is found, is no exception. Known as "breakneck beach" for its 5- to 10-ft. waves...
...women's side, Memmel had to confront her own difficult choice after landing awkwardly on her right ankle during a tumbling pass on Saturday. "I did know immediately that something wasn't right," Memmel said Thursday. "I was just like, 'Really? This isn't happening.'" After helping the U.S. women to a team gold at the 2003 World Championships when she stepped in as an alternate for injured teammates, Memmel hurt her foot and missed the 2004 Olympic squad. The following year, she claimed the world championship title and then tore her shoulder, which required more than a year...
...individual competitions had to step down from some of those podium dreams. Morgan Hamm is out. The U.S. men's team's only Olympic veteran and most experienced gymnast aggravated an ankle problem during training Thursday morning and had to withdraw from the Games. On the women's side, Chellsie Memmel, a former world champion who qualified for her first Games, also worsened a troublesome ankle and is scaling back her program to compete in only one of the four events that count toward the team competition...
Sitting below a portrait of his slain wife at his Islamabad home, Zardari hailed the decision as "good news for democracy." "The coalition leaders believe that it has become imperative to move for impeachment," he told reporters. At his side, Sharif glowed with a kind of relish. "This person committed an oppression against Pakistan. That's why the parliament has decided to impeach him," Sharif added. Musharraf first came to power by staging a coup against Sharif...