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...lions--considered vulnerable but not endangered--were quietly slipping toward oblivion. Ten years ago, the species was thought to number as many as 100,000. But the new appraisal, made public last September and published in the journal Oryx in January by Hans Bauer of Leiden University and Sarel van der Merwe of the African Lion Working Group, was a paltry 23,000. More than half live in six protected areas, which is why tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara or South Africa's Kruger National Park can still see plenty of lions. But outside these megazoos, lions appear...
...this event. Their success was especially sweet since the Yanks and Aussies were the two strongest, deepest teams in the pool. Australia's Ian Thorpe won four medals, including a gold in the 200-m freestyle, his marquee matchup with Phelps, who got the bronze, and Dutch champion Pieter van den Hoogenband, who took silver. But the U.S. could even share credit for some wins that didn't show up in their medals tally, because many of the athletes swimming for other countries are products of the American collegiate system. Three of the four South African men trained...
...very good designer," says Margareta van den Bosch, head of design at H&M. "I've always admired him. He's one of the names that came up first. I think he has a way of looking at fashion that's very commercial...
...This Van Halen--head should sort out rap's players, because they surely have eyes on him. Led by new hip-hop entries like Eminem, Jennifer Lopez and Nelly, the celebrity-branded-clothing market nearly doubled over the past two years, from $3.2 billion in 2001 to $6.1 billion in 2003, according to research firm NPDFashion World. Snoop Dogg entered the mix last month, announcing a partnership with Pony to release his own sneaker line, "The One and Only," in November...
...vodka and beer. Paananen, a chief technology officer with new-media company Yomi Group, was jolted out of bed by the annoying ring tone of his Nokia 6110 mobile phone. "I didn't want to hear 'de de de de deeeee' ever again," Paananen recalls. "I wanted to hear Van Halen's Jump, and I was willing to pay for it." The technology was there to program mobile phones to play pop tunes rather than electronic bleeps, so he tried to talk operators and handset makers into offering a selection of popular hits. But his pleas fell on deaf ears...