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...last week the debate, with its sudden plot twist, turned inside out once again. Death-penalty opponents seized on the FBI's embarrassing revelation to argue that when the stakes are this high, justice must be perfect. The moment Ashcroft announced the delay, questions flew. What if these documents had turned up six days after his execution, rather than six days before? McVeigh admitted his guilt, but death row is full of inmates who have not. How much doubt can the criminal justice system withstand? "The events of the past three days demonstrate that even in Mr. McVeigh's case...
...pain at the pump has put Big Oil in the profiteering spotlight again, albeit with an Internet twist. At least one widely distributed chain e-mail encourages readers to boycott stations operated by ExxonMobil, the largest gasoline retailer in the U.S. Exxon's profits roared 44% higher in the first quarter, to $5 billion, on fattened profit margins. The 27 largest energy firms in the U.S. earned $14.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000--more than double their profits in the same period a year earlier, reports the Energy Information Agency. Of course, there were no complaints while Exxon...
...would be unfair to reveal Fiona's secret, except to say it puts a potent twist on that standard fairy-tale trope about the transformative powers of love and provides a neat switch on all those Snow White-Sleeping Beauty legends. But let's not stress morals and messages. Let's stress the sheer, cheeky fun of this movie. And the fact that Shrek, like Chicken Run a year ago, enchantingly expands animation's palette and possibilities...
...Amazing Race," despite a title that conjures up a whimsical mid-'60s Disney film involving eccentric gentlemen in hot-air balloons, promises to be "'Survivor' on speed." 22 people, in teams of two, race around the world undertaking challenges and dares; the stragglers are eliminated each week. The twist: all the pairs already know each other and thus have back stories - the pals from New York, the bickering mother and daughter, the separated couple trying to reconcile and the gay partners of 11 years. (Another thing you generally don't see on dramas and sitcoms - see "The Ellen Show," above...
...pain at the pump has put Big Oil in the profiteering spotlight again, albeit with an Internet twist. At least one widely distributed chain e-mail encourages readers to boycott stations operated by ExxonMobil, the largest gasoline retailer in the U.S. Exxon's profits roared 44% higher in the first quarter, to $5 billion, on fattened profit margins. The 27 largest energy firms in the U.S. earned $14.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2000--more than double their profits in the same period a year earlier, reports the Energy Information Agency. Of course, there were no complaints while Exxon...