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...done.” After a barrage of sports films tackling the worlds of NASCAR racing, figure skating, and now basketball, Ferrell says this is the end of his athletic movie run. However, “Semi-Pro” does manage to give the familiar underdog plot a slight twist. As Moon, Ferrell plays the owner and team captain of the Tropics, a sub-par American Basketball Association (ABA) team from Flint, MI. When the ABA merges with the NBA, Moon tries to take his team to the big league by shooting for a fourth-place finish. The tension...
...reprogram adult stem cells, a technique that eliminates the ability to use the converted cells in medical treatments. Hochedlinger said that his lab is now researching whether human adult stem cells will behave differently from the mouse cells used in the experiments. “There may be slight differences in timing and molecular cornerstones,” Hochedlinger said. Despite the discovery—and other ones regarding adult stem cells at the University of Wisconsin and Kyoto University—researchers at Harvard have pledged to continue pursuing embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic research has come under fire...
Clinton has shone in most of the debates thus far, while Obama has been weaker in this forum. But the sedate affair on Thursday night is not likely to have much of an impact on the race. There were some slight differences between the two of them here and there on policy. They rehashed the main difference in their health care plans. Though both would make health care more affordable, Clinton would insist upon a requirement that every American have coverage; Obama would not, though he contends that lowering the cost would make nearly everyone decide to do it. Clinton...
There was violence as well in Kosovo. In the predominantly Serbian town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, a hand grenade was thrown into the yard of a U.N.-occupied building, causing slight damage and injuring no one. Another grenade was found unexploded nearby, a U.N. police spokesman said...
...Despite the slight tweaking, Haig—who said that Dershowitz plans to hand out leaflets outside of Trivers’ talk—said that his guest should not feel inclined to amend the planned content of his speech...