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...People killed by twisters in western Tennessee, the worst one-day toll in the U.S. since...
...keep hearing these stories about people whose lives were torn apart, it sort of makes you question whether things are predictable,” Koenen said. “You can feel helpless.”But while witnessing the aftermath of a disaster exacts an emotional toll, volunteering may help mediate the sense of helplessness.“One of the ways humans cope is by helping people,” Koenen said. “You’re able to actually improve someone’s life or aid people, and it can make the situation seem...
...Congress about seeing a Playboy calendar in high school and even held up two fingers behind the head of the Spanish Foreign Minister during a photo op. There's also the plastic surgery and hair replacement the 69-year-old billionaire has undergone to help mask the physical toll of his job--which he may well lose when Italians go to the polls this Sunday, with most voter surveys putting his center-left opponents ahead by 5 points. When he thanked supporters at a campaign stop in Naples last week, he couldn't avoid calling attention to the fact that...
...other side are those who argue that small-time patent holders with dodgy claims and no actual businesses are using the legal system to extract payments from firms with established operations and products--lurking like fairy-tale trolls under bridges, popping out to collect a toll. "The trolls are turning patents into lottery tickets instead of rewards for late nights in the lab," says Rob Merges, a Berkeley law professor backing eBay. Merges says semiconductors and software may be covered by hundreds of patents, each with distinct claims, yet it may take only one case of infringement for a judge...
...psychological damage to Liberia's population of 2 million cannot be fathomed. What does it do to people to walk along Monrovia's sandy beaches and have to step around skulls and rib cages that are only half submerged in the sand? Taking stock of the toll, a Monrovia cleric said simply, "I weep for this country." If only tears could start the healing...