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...crack down on schools in Oak Park that order in lunch from McDonald's, Domino's, Subway, KFC or Tasty Dog once or twice a week as part of a lucrative fund raiser sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). But parents fought the state for a special waiver; in exchange, they made some minimal concessions, such as serving pretzels instead of chips alongside the hot dogs. "You could make it a little more health conscious if you skipped the fries and put an apple [with the KFC]," says Candy French, an Oak Park PTO council co-president. Says Patty...
...PAKISTAN Narrow Victory After some arm-twisting by military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the National Assembly chose Zafarullah Jamali as Prime Minister, the first since a 1999 military coup. Losing candidate Shah Mahmood Quereshi claimed Musharraf used threats and bribes to persuade some assemblymen to switch sides. A last-minute waiver of rules forbidding party defections allowed Jamali to scrape through on a single-vote majority. Although he has the dictator's backing, Jamali's government is expected to be hamstrung by opposition from anti-Musharraf parties. INDONESIA On the Case Police said they had captured the "mastermind" behind last month...
Blewett’s confidence didn’t waiver even after Fernandez, who missed on his first two practice kicks, nailed both his final warm-up and the first attempt of the contest...
...legislation would not attempt to make the meningococcal vaccine mandatory before college entrance. Instead, it would try to ensure that parents receive information about the disease and sign a waiver confirming they’ve received the information before sending their children to college...
...request at the U.S. embassy in Paris, he learned he would not be granted one before December. Another director might have called a press conference to denounce the Americans. But with a modesty that also characterizes his work, Kiarostami, 62, refused to use his stature even to seek a waiver. "Why should I be given any more consideration than an elderly grandmother hoping to visit relatives?" he says. His friend and fellow director Aki Kaurismäki of Finland boycotted the festival in solidarity. Ten, Kiarostami's latest film, also reflects his unobtrusive approach. Shot with two digital cameras affixed...