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ARRESTED. DENNIS RADER, 59, a city worker suspected of being the BTK serial killer, linked to at least eight murders in the Wichita area in the 1970s and '80s; in Park City, Kans. The killer, who bragged of his crimes in letters to Wichita media in the late '70s and suggested his nickname (the initials stand for "bind, torture, kill"), had not been heard from for 25 years when he resurfaced last March with a letter to the Wichita Eagle, taking responsibility for a 1986 killing...
DIED. DICK WEBER, 75, skinny onetime postal worker who became bowling's biggest star at the height of its popularity in the '60s; in Florissant, Mo. The unfailingly polite Hall of Famer helped found the Professional Bowlers Association in 1958 and went on to win 26 tour events and six seniors titles. A self-described ham, he promoted the sport with such exploits as bowling on a Miami beach and taking aim at lava lamps on David Letterman's late-night TV show...
...Summers has stumbled onto the problem, his university could lead the way out. Just listening to some of its own graduates would be a good start. Joan Williams, head of the Program on WorkLife Law at American University, wrote in a Harvard Law School alumni bulletin, "Defining your 'ideal worker' as someone who works 60 hours a week is not good business. You are choosing whom to keep based on the schedule they can keep, not based on the quality of their work." Some solutions to this aren't exactly new ideas: flextime, for example, and restructuring career tracks...
...DIED. DICK WEBER, 75, skinny, onetime postal worker who became bowling's biggest star at the height of its popularity in the 1960s; at his home in Florissant, Missouri. Unfailingly polite but a self-described "ham," the Hall of Famer helped found the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 1958 and won 10 of the first 23 PBA tournaments, 26 tour events and six seniors titles. His promotional efforts for the sport included bowling on a Miami beach and aiming for ketchup bottles and lava lamps on David Letterman's late-night TV show...
...challenge. China's skyrocketing demand for coal to keep its power plants and factories humming has forced one out of every three state-owned mines to operate above capacity, according to the State Administration of Work Safety, and has led many smaller, more dangerous mines to reopen illegally. Independent worker organizations are banned and China's official trade union is closely tied to the government, leaving miners with few outlets to press for reforms. "You cannot have mine safety without a strong union," says Robin Munro, research director of the China Labour Bulletin, based in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, mine owners...