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...Spears reflects on her pain before declaring “it is time to move along.” The song ends optimistically, as does the album. Of course, in real life, a judge in Los Angeles will be the one to decide whether those hit-and-run charges stick, and whether 2007 will be Spears’s comeback year. But “Blackout” demonstrates that Britney wants to be known for making pop, and not her parenting skills (or lack thereof). With a new direction and sense of self, “Blackout?...
...determined by lofty ideals about serious news versus fluff, but rather the audiences they’re supposed to be serving. While it may be interesting to have Maureen Dowd’s voice imploring us to save the world at seven in the morning, we’ll stick with Bob Garfield, thank you very much...
...Poles have been serving down here on a year-by-year basis, and some in the new government aren't too sure they want to stick around," said Army Col. Dave Leckrone, the senior American commander in southern Iraq. "Things like today's attack don't make things any easier. Things like the ambassador getting attacked don't make it any easier, either," he said, referring to the recent ambush of the Polish ambassador's motorcade in Baghdad, which killed a member of his security detail and wounded the ambassador and three others. Military officials said they believed that attack...
...comfortable in my own skin, in my own home, with my own people. If this is weird, I don’t want to be normal. My brain owes Eve a debt for eating the fruit, but when it comes to my body, I think I will stick with my family in upholding the values of Eden...
...force" spectrum, a guide that determines which weapon a police officer should use in any given situation. Yet these standards vary from city to city, and no universal code applies to the country's law enforcement force as a whole. "If a guy has a stick, you don't pull a shotgun out," says John Ryan, a former CIA agent and assistant director of the special investigations group of the Government Accountability Office, who oversaw a 2005 study on the use-of-force policies regarding Tasers. Beyond those basics, however, individual police departments have the freedom to create their...