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...flavors as grape, chocolate and root beer. To top things off, it's sold in hip venues like head shops and health-food stores at a cost of about a buck a pack less than the price of conventional smokes. What is it? The Indian bidi, and it's smokin', especially among teens. About 70% of the tobacco smoked in India is in the form of bidis, but the product didn't take off in the U.S. until recently. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 2% to 5% of teens nationwide and up to 40% in some urban areas...
...civilian honor. DIED. EDDIE FUTCH, 90, a boxing Hall of Famer who trained 20 world champions, including Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Riddick Bowe, Michael Spinks and Trevor Berbick; in Las Vegas. Fighting legend and former Golden Gloves lightweight champion, Futch won attention when he threw in the towel for Smokin' Joe in the 1975 "Thrilla' in Manila" bout against Muhammad Ali. DIED. ALEXANDRE BYIDI-AWALA, 69, one of Africa's best-known authors; in Douala, Cameroon. Under the nom de plume Mongo Beti, he wrote novels and essays denouncing colonization and its effects on African societies. Beti's most popular...
...SMOKIN' TUNES...
Ever since Lollapalooza capsized under the weight of its own mismanagement in 1997, the summer concert season has been dominated by increasingly narrow niche tours. Ozzfest, Warped, Lilith Fair, Guinness Fleadh, Smokin' Grooves and others have all mined a slim vein of music with varying degrees of financial success. While only Ozzfest and Warped are back this year, the concert industry trusts results over ideology; Moby and the multigenre festival tour both have to prove themselves viable. "The whole tour is an experiment," says Moby. "We've put this eclectic bill together, and I guess we'll see if people...
...very bad at boxing. True, both fighters came in undefeated: Ali had crushed 48-year-old grandmother Marjorie Jones; Frazier-Lyde had whupped a 19-year-old who turned tail when she saw Frazier charging. The fighters exchanged violent blows, but the night's big thrill came when Smokin' Joe arrived to give his defeated daughter a hug. Muhammad Ali had a previous commitment to attend something classier--a NASCAR event...