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13 March 2007: Evening
Five kidnapped British diplomats safely released north of Ethiopia, in Eritrea. Pro golfer is suspect in street race that left one man dead. Hip-hop, in the guise of Grandmaster Flash, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (And you thought induction was a happy thing.) 2008 Presidential
13 March 2007: Afternoon
"Sheer boredom" noted as one possible motivation people had for voting on a new league of Seven Wonders. Ecologists slam Sweetwater, Texas's, rattlesnake roundup; TMN's Geoff Badner traveled to the event in 2003. I have wrestled with these questions and my conscience leads me
13 March 2007: Morning
The dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys last year began when Harriet Miers wanted all 93 pink-slipped, allegedly for reasons more political than professional. Gonzales's chief of staff--and Miers email partner--steps down, and the attorney firing scandal truly gets underway. Iraq's Shiite prime
I Write Camille Paglia’s Next Column so She Doesn’t Have To, Vol. 1: The UFC
For those who still don’t grasp the subtext, reifications of Anna Nicole, Ultimate Fighting, and Eddie Murphy.
12 March 2007: Evening
BBC reporter believed to have been kidnapped in Gaza. Army's Surgeon General is latest casualty in Walter Reed shakedown. Now that radar has fallen into favor, National Park Service weighs opening up Bay Area lighthouses to the public. D.C. commemorates the 30-year anniversary of the Hanafi
12 March 2007: Afternoon
Talks about Kosovo's future disrupted by deadlock. Breaking the world's astronomers' lock on naming, Pluto will always be Pluto in New Mexico. An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. Summary of today's
Book Digest: March 12, 2007
Lonely Avenue; Marc Chagall; Thomas Hardy; Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life; A Fighter’s Heart; American Spy; The Father of All Things; Mitz; Man Gone Down; The Winter of Frankie Machine; Leni Riefenstahl
Tomato Mori
The botanical arts can be passed down, whispered along, or demonstrated with a spade. But who the teacher turns out to be can be a greater surprise than his secrets for growing tomatoes. Our resident gardener gets ready for the Fourth of July.
12 March 2007: Morning
U.N. condemns Sudan for Darfur's horror and the world for its "pathetic" response. Bush announces plan to send thousands of new troops to Iraq and Afghanistan in addition to his previous surge. Sketchy details on new strategy considered for Iraq, relying on U.S. experience