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Under cover of darkness, a band of environmental activists last week went straight for the gourmet table. They raided a foie gras farm near Stockton, Calif., and "rescued" four ducks whose livers were headed for posh restaurants. The operation was not a total success; one duck died during the raid. But the effort, the fourth attack against the foie gras business in California since July, represents the latest campaign by animal-rights activists. The expensive delicacy is produced in the U.S. only in California and in New York's Hudson Valley...
...TONGUE SWALLOWING Don't put a stick or spoon into the mouth of someone suffering a seizure. Lots of people still think this is necessary to prevent seizure victims from swallowing their tongue. In fact, "swallowing the tongue is an urban legend," says Greg Stockton, a health and safety expert at the Red Cross. Instead, remove hard objects from around the person and cushion the head. Sometimes the tongue will block the airway. In that case, tilt the head back, lift the chin and turn the person on his or her side. And as with all cases of unconsciousness, call...
...strikes, people are happy to go to this exhibition," said Gad Weil, one of the organizers. "The adventure of rail continues in this society. People expect a lot from trains." Europe has nurtured idealized visions of railroads ever since the British engineer George Stephenson drove a steam engine from Stockton to Darlington - the world's first public railroad - in 1825. In theory, given the vast rail infrastructure that has been built in Europe since, traveling by train should be easy, safe and environmentally clean. The reality can be a rude shock: the 5.7 billion annual passengers on Europe's railroads...
...Former Houston Coach] Dr. Bragg Stockton, who just passed away, was probably the biggest influence on my baseball life other than my dad,” Hendricks says. “I always went to all of his camps, so I was his bat boy. He let me come out there whenever I wasn’t playing, and I got to hang around college players...
...ball like a 6-ft. guard, last year became the first European player to win Rookie of the Year. This year Yao is a favorite to become the first Asian to get the honor. Meanwhile, Russian-born 6-ft. 9-in. forward Andrei Kirilenko is helping his elders John Stockton and Karl Malone keep the Utah Jazz in the play-off hunt. "There are going to be a lot of us," says Gasol. "We're proving we can play here...