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...other night, as I drove down one of New York's more conventional and lovable Main Streets - Bleecker, west of Sixth - looking at the glowing shopfronts and bustling restaurants and strolling pedestrians, I had a sudden elegiac impulse to register the scene and its details. Because, I thought, once a Depression descended, these same blocks would look and feel very different; in 2010 or 2011, I might think back to this particular evening - autumn! twilight! - and remember how sweet and jolly the city had felt and looked not so long...
...when Rowe hinted that she was going to seek custody of all three of Jackson's children shortly after his sudden passing on June 25, her intentions were viewed with suspicion. While her lawyer clarified public comments Rowe made on the matter - saying she was still undecided on the matter - some were wary of her motives. Friends at the time said Rowe was acting out of concern for the children in the changed parenting landscape...
...left a Chinese restaurant, she snapped menacingly at one of the photographers in the mob that followed her and threw out an obscenity-laced threat. The filmed outburst was played repeatedly, even on evening-news talk shows. But Schaffel attributes it to the stress of the sudden spotlight. "Debbie is very well spoken when cameras aren't shoved in her face and people aren't bombarding her with insulting questions," he says...
...Baghdad act now? The sudden escalation with Ashraf may have more to do with a bruised Iranian regime's bid to stamp out its opponents both at home and abroad than with any pressing Iraqi national interest. Iran's regime - roiled by continuing postelection unrest at home that poses the most serious threat to its rule since the 1979 Revolution - may have finally put its foot down regarding the MEK. (See pictures of the turbulent aftermath of Iran's presidential election...
...consider Kenya, since we are now absolutely equivalent to anyone else in the world in terms of our connectivity," says Eric Nesbitt, operations manager for Kenyan call center KenCall. "If you consider Kenya as a rural part of the world and we have little dirt tracks, all of a sudden someone's building a big four-lane highway...