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...industry, it's a serious problem. This is a guy who's from outer space--he was born on the planet Krypton, let's not forget--but he's also from another time. He debuted in the 1930s, when Americans liked their heroes like they liked their steaks: tough, thick and all-American. Nowadays we prefer our heroes dark and flawed and tragic. Look at the Punisher (wife and kids dead), or Hellboy (born a demon), or Spider-Man (secretly a nerd). Look at Batman: his parents were killed in front of him, and he dresses like a Cure...
...DIED. HUBERT SELBY JR., 75, former merchant marine who wrote novels thick with drugs, violence and human failings, including Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream; in Los Angeles. While working on a freighter at the age of 18, Selby contracted a nearly fatal case of tuberculosis, and during his convalescence he developed a taste for literature and addictions?later kicked?to alcohol and morphine. His 1964 novel Last Exit drew critical praise for its realistic portrayal of doomed prostitutes, dejected transvestites and predatory ex-cons, and was also scorned for its graphic depictions of rape, beatings...
...seniors that I’ll remember for the things they did in the thick of Ivy races—the diving catches and the 140-pitch efforts and the walk-off game-winning doubles—will end their careers playing in games they hardly care about...
...mountain trails around Spera, where thick pine forests provide cover from U.S. aircraft, have become a major infiltration point for Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives. The watchful locals, members of the Zadran tribe, sympathize with the jihadists. It's ambush country, and some time around 7:30 p.m. Tillman's patrol was attacked. In the 12 to 15 minutes of shooting that followed, two Americans were wounded. An Afghan militia man was killed. So was Tillman...
When Dave Schaps took over the Great Harvest Bread franchise in Evanston, Ill., in 2002, carbs were comfort food. Hunkering down with a thick-crusted, aromatic loaf somehow made Americans feel safer at home in the months after the 9/11 attacks. Today bread is bad, and it is the beleaguered baker who is seeking solace, both emotionally and economically. "We've just added soup and cookies. You have to diversify to keep the doors open," says Schaps, noting that bread sales fell 10% last year...