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...relationship. It is an amicable parting, and we greatly value the 3 1/2 years we have spent together. We hope everyone will respect our privacy through this difficult time." The paper cited an unnamed friend who described the relationship as having run its course. The couple met amid the swirl of controversy surrounding DeGeneres' coming out as a lesbian--both personally and as the lead character in a popular sitcom. The two then weathered what they felt was a backlash against them: the cancellation of Ellen by ABC and the shrinking of Heche's once promising film career. Still...
...taking high-resolution color pictures of the surface of the red planet since 1997. Now NASA is releasing the first photographs to the public online at www.msss.com/moc_gallery all 20,000 of them, and they're gorgeous. The south polar cap, above, frosted with carbon dioxide, looks like the swirl in the center of a toffee. So much for all those face-on-Mars rumors...
...year-old dowager, resplendent in her pink ball gown, sparkling jewelry and a blond bouffant hairdo topped with a black velveteen bow, smiles on the arm of her young officer escort as he leads her through the traditional paces of the Gay Gordons. They are surrounded by a swirl of tuxedoes, taffeta and tiaras--a time warp on the water aboard the grandest dame of them all, the British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth...
...fast-food companies, who typically rely on small profit margins, the GM potatoes represent a cost-cutting opportunity and therefore extra profits. But critics, particularly in Europe - where McDonald's has a huge business - have raised such a swirl of questions and controversy around GM foods that fast-food companies have begun to worry about their reputations with customers. "The Europeans are absolutely against GM foods, regardless of science," said TIME business editor William Saporito. And with the fast-food companies anticipating a similar wave of consumer concern in the U.S., they figure there's no point in trying...
...most of us, the stock market is usually a blur, a swirl of statistics, charts and CNBCNNfn commentators telling us somestockweown or somestockwedon't is up or down. For a few hours last week, however, everything came into focus, and it seemed our (new) economy was clearly moving in the direction indicated by one company: Cisco...