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...Charged with hacking into retail and card-processing computers to steal 130 million credit- and debit-card numbers from 2006 to 2008. The compromised companies include Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, two unnamed national retailers and Hannaford Brothers, a regional supermarket chain...
...other hand, Jerry Oppenheimer's Madoff with the Money (Wiley) reflects its tabloid title. Told with faux breathlessness, it reads at times like a quickly compiled clip job. On occasion, he uses the annoying supermarket-rag technique of quoting "Madoff insiders" for banal details, such as that Madoff liked expensive suits, in order to raise the level of suspense. But Oppenheimer can be good at the juicy quote too. One victim told him, "What were we going to do--call up Bernie and tell him, 'God, I'm making too much money. What's going on?'" Or the small detail...
...airport, and soon we hit a traffic jam. Two years earlier, traveling in Zimbabwe had been a logistical feat that involved prearranging fuel stops. Now I was stuck in a line of cars outside - another surprise - a packed mall, complete with restaurants, furniture stores and a buzzing supermarket...
...host parents transport their plastic waste to the collection site near city hall – except, of course, on the second Thursday of an even-numbered month, during which plastic bottles, and not common plastics, are collected. Before they do this, however, they must drive to the nearby supermarket to purchase city-approved trash disposal bags, without which garbage is not received. Each bag costs 30 Yen. And, of course, they must also be sure to remove plastic coverings and bottle caps (considered common plastics), and remember to wash the bottles thoroughly. They repeat the process on Tuesday...
Back in Rome, there are no new plans to fine underage drinkers or bar and supermarket owners who sell alcohol to under-16s. A new measure imposed this month, however, does prohibit the sale of glass bottles by bars for takeaway customers, in the hopes that the law might limit boozing to drinking establishments and reduce cleanup efforts. But bar manager Leuci says the problem isn't about what laws are passed or not but how they are enforced...