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...prison near Jackson, Miss., where he was serving a life sentence for the 1966 bombing of the home of civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer. Each of Bowers' first four trials for the Dahmer murder ended in a mistrial. He was finally convicted in 1998, but Ellie Dahmer, the victim's widow, was unappeased. "He lived a lot longer than Vernon Dahmer did," she said...
...with gorgeous views of the lake. No wonder the Georgian house is occasionally hired out exclusively (and discreetly) to celebrity guests who appreciate its family-home feel. You won't encounter the smugness sometimes found in a British country-house hotel, and the traditional decor employs florals without falling victim to chintz. If, after a day of bracing fell climbing or water sports you find yourself in need of a stiff drink, have a predinner cocktail by the open-hearth fire. Such canapés as foie gras ballotine and quail egg with truffle mayo are exquisite teasers...
...East Germany, a repugnant regime that rightly disappeared into history's dustbin, never dented the massive ego that had driven his success. When he died Thursday at 83, quietly in his Berlin apartment, on the 17th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wolf thought himself a victim of victor's justice that had denied him the esteem he deserved-and he took countless secrets to his grave...
They are, of course, nonexistent. We feel no empathy for embryos in this context and see no need to assign to them any conception of death or dying. Yet, in a parallel context, such as if a rape victim is given a drug to prevent embryo implantation, people suddenly introduce the notion of “killing” a child. What causes this leap of logic...
...male Harvard undergraduate was robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning just a few yards from the Quad, police said. The victim, whose name has not been released, reported to police that at around 2:30 a.m., he was approached by three men as he walked on the corner of Garden and Sheppard streets. According to a community advisory released by the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), the victim reported that one of the men, who appeared to be carrying a handgun, then threw him to the ground and ordered him to give up his possessions. After handing over his wallet...