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...PNAS study, led by Henry Adams, a doctoral student at UA's ecology and evolutionary biology department, also confirms that hotter temperatures actually suffocate trees in dry times. Piñon pines respond to drought by closing the pores in their needle-like leaves to stop water loss. That keeps them from going thirsty, but it also prevents them from breathing in the carbon dioxide they need to live - and eventually, the drought-stressed trees simply suffocate. (See pictures of activists defending backcountry forests from logging...
...from the former governor's defense team. That made him the second high-profile defense lawyer to drop Blagojevich since the saga began. Gillespie's partner, renowned Chicago criminal defender Ed Genson, left the case in late January after becoming frustrated that Blagojevich wouldn't heed his advice to stop giving interviews. Before he gave up the case, Genson complained that the surreal atmosphere at Blagojevich's impeachment trial had become like Alice in Wonderland. Federal prosecutors just have to hope it doesn't get any stranger...
...taken at a high level. The question is how high," says Stafford Smith, who is also the director of the legal charity Reprieve. During a live broadcast of Britain's nightly Channel 4 News on March 26, the attorney was more explicit. "The British investigation cannot just stop at the British people because the real torturers ... were the Americans and the Pakistanis and the Moroccans," he said. (See pictures inside Guantánamo...
Hartford Connection. The LimoLiner luxury bus service, which has leather recliners, free wi-fi, TV and radio, is adding a stop in Hartford, Conn., on its New York City-Boston route starting April 16. The Hartford-New York City trip takes about two hours and 15 minutes - faster than the train, which requires a change in New Haven. The bus picks up passengers at the Hilton at 1335 Avenue of the Americas in New York City and drops off at the corner of Church and Trumbull streets in Hartford. A one-way introductory rate of $39 is available until July...
...forged passports or "legally" through forced marriages, sometimes abusing the Islamic tradition that allows a man to have four wives. A trafficker "will marry four, he will take them to Syria, it's legal, and divorce them there, and he comes back and does it again. How can we stop it?" Salim says. Similarly, the principle of temporary marriages, known as al-Mut'a in Shi'ite Islam and al-Misyar in Sunni Islam (they can extend anywhere from two hours to six months in the Shi'ite tradition), has also been exploited to trade in women. The draft...