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...Oxnard, Calif., Lawrence King—an eighth-grader who had recently come out as gay and had begun wearing makeup and dressing like a woman—was shot in the head by a 14-year-old classmate. While crimes motivated by homophobia are unfortunately not unheard of, this incident struck many as particularly disturbing. This murder at a middle school in a comfortable, middle-class beach community has been classified as a hate crime for which the perpetrator—who is being tried as an adult—faces up to 52 years in jail. Despite...
...This is where the German's cruelty comes in: The counterfeiters were given unheard of privileges - decent food, clean quarters and beds, even a ping pong table, which, inevitably, the rest of the camp knew about and which, naturally, covered them with guilt verging on shame...
...Each of the five films was made for $30 million or less - unheard of when the average studio project costs three times that - and Juno had a ludicrously low budget of $2.5 million. Yet that endearing/annoying (take your pick) comedy about a pregnant teenager is the one solid hit among the Big Five. The movie, which has been in wide release only since Christmas day, has already earned $87 million. None of the others has yet topped $50 million at the domestic wickets (though the Brit Atonement is in Juno's league if you count the international gross...
...three jobs, yet are still being forced to choose between feeding their families or heating their homes. (And heaven help you if you need prescription medicine or emergency care.) Is it any wonder that we have a foreclosure crisis? Is it any wonder that consumer debt is rising to unheard-of proportions? Americans are being priced out of their homes, their jobs, their dreams, and their lives. This is unacceptable...
...show really is one of the best examples of democracy in action," says Juniwati Masjchun Sofwan, a national board member of the Golkar party, which is a part of Indonesia's ruling coalition. "To be able to make fun of the President and not offend anyone was pretty much unheard of until...