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"It's like seeing the surface or the landscape of a new planet the first time," said Nature's Mark Patterson. ugg fluffie flip flops Conservative challenger Angela Merkel won overwhelming backing from her party Tuesday ahead of talks with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats of a coalition government. Schroeder, apparently showing new flexibility, said the sides should drop "preconditions."German voters ousted Schroeder's government Sunday but didn't give Merkel a parliamentary majority, leaving Europe's largest economy — beset by high unemployment, sluggish growth and budget deficits — rudderless.Both Schroeder and Merkel claim a mandate to be the next chancellor, a dispute to be settled in coalition talks beginning Thursday among Germany's political parties. But the outcome is far from clear: you could win, or both could conceivably be overlooked by their own parties.Merkel was confirmed as parliamentary leader by 219 of 222 deputies from her Christian Democrats as well as their allies, the Bavaria-only Christian Social Union. She got the endorsement despite disappointment over her party's showing Sunday."Today's vote underlined that since the strongest bloc in parliament, it is around us to build a government," Merkel said. "We are confronted with a challenge that is difficult, but solvable."The Christian Democrats and Christian Social Union together barely finished first, with 35.2 percent, in comparison with 34.3 percent for the Social Democrats. Pre-election polls had shown them leading by as much as 20 points.Schroeder called for coalition talks without "any way of preconditions" to end Germany's political confusion. He didn't repeat his earlier demand how the Social Democrats would enter the government only with him as chancellor."It's about exploratory talks — a phase in which we must talk to one another about how precisely one will bring about a stable government, which we require at this time," Schroeder said with a news conference. "Any form of precondition would, when i see it, be inappropriate." no previous page next 1/2
?•Website: www.billbradley.com ugg boots black Britain's most senior police officer warned Thursday that terrorists in charge of last week's failed bombings on London's transport system could strike again, as officers arrested a further nine men in dawn raids.Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair also warned that other terror cells might be planning attacks, and said the continent faced "a somber moment.""It does remain likely that those at large will strike again," Blair told a gathering of the Metropolitan Police Authority. "It does also remain likely that there are other cells who are capable and focused on striking again."Scotland Yard police headquarters said nine men were arrested beneath the Terrorism Act at two properties in the neighborhood of Tooting, south London, early Thursday morning. We were holding being held in a central London police station.One of several four men suspected of doing last Thursday's failed attacks was arrested in Birmingham, central England, on Wednesday. Yasin Hassan Omar, 24, had been questioned at a top-security police station inside london.Blair said the failed July 21 attacks, which came a couple weeks after 52 people were killed by four men that blew themselves up on three subway trains plus a bus, was not a sign the terrorists had been weakened in any way."This is not the B team. These weren't the amateurs. They provided a mistake. They only made one mistake, and we're very, very lucky," he stated.Blair said he was positive that police would find the bombers — and also whoever backed them."The carnage that could have occurred had those bombs gone off could have at least been equivalent of those found on July 7, and therefore it's absolutely imperative that we find those responsible," Blair said.Meanwhile, police deployed the biggest number of officers ever on Britain's rail network to reassure people — three weeks on from the July 7 attacks that killed 56 people, such as the four suicide bombers, and following last Thursday's botched attacks."It is often a time of heightened tension, and now we have this deployment of police to present reassurance and deterrence," said Simon Lubin, a spokesman to the British Transport Police.He declined to express how many officers were taking part with what he said was the "largest ever deployment of police."Thursday's dawn raids brought to 20 the total number of people in police custody in connection with last week's failed bombings. no previous page next 1/2
"I would say in Two-and-a-half decades there has not been just one drug that has touched my arthritis in a positive way except this place," says McIntyre. "It's given us a big part of my life back." tall classic ugg boots A Sydney woman demanded a conclusion Tuesday from a hospital in which a pair of scissors were left in their abdomen after surgery and said she planned to file a lawsuit. Pat Skinner, 69, had portion of her colon removed at Sydney's St. George Hospital in May 2001. But she declared she continued to suffer intense pain in her own abdomen for months following your operation. Eventually, she demanded doctors x-ray her abdomen. They did determined the 6.7-inch pair of scissors, which are removed in October 2002. "It was as being a nightmare seeing those scissors through to the screen," Skinner told Sky News television Tuesday. "It was very, very traumatic and extremely painful." The hospital has apologized to Skinner for the accident, but Tuesday she said plans to take legal action, although she failed to provide any details. A hospital spokeswoman told The Associated Press that lawyers either way sides were currently meeting and discussing the situation. The incident was reported towards the Health Care Complaints Commission, but no disciplinary action was taken against the surgeon or the four other staffers who operated on Skinner, said the hospital's chief executive, David Pearce. "Basically, the advice to ... Mrs. Skinner is always that we couldn't explain how a pair of 6.7-inch scissors was left in her abdomen," Pearce told Sydney radio station 2GB Tuesday. "We have put this right down to human error. I've been executive director in charge of four years, and in that time we've done something similar to 40,000 operations which is the first time this incident has occurred."
The $1.6 billion Bellagio Resort has opened in Sin city. CBS News Correspondent David Dow reports the Bellagio plans to offer both culture and craps.Inside the Bellagio, guests can gamble just steps faraway from an art gallery featuring such masters as Monet. They can also dine in Picasso's restaurant, where instances of the artist's work wait the wall.Rates at the resort range from $150 to $6,000 an evening. "$6,000 a night will get you a remarkably lovely villa with three bedrooms, an individual backyard, private pools, your own health and fitness center, your own beauty salon, and your own media room because of the fancy electronic gadgets you could possibly want," says Bellagio Vice President Alan Feldman.However, not all is good for the high rollers. There is a whole portion of nickel slot machines.The resort opened at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night weight loss than 1,500 invited guests paid $1,000 each at the benefit for The Foundation Fighting Blindness. While guests were entertained within the resort, thousands of onlookers were treated to a fireworks and water display featuring 1,000 fountains.The outlet kicked off with the inauguration of the Fountains of Bellagio, an incredible water show set to music. The fountains within the 11-acre lake in front of the resort sprayed water 240 feet in the air in spectacular choreographed programs.However with high winds gusting, the water soaked the crowds, sending VIPs running for canopy.The hit of the evening was the view of the fountains flashing and also a recording of Gene Kelly singing Singin' while it is raining. As the waters sprayed the group, one onlooker came up with the perfect line: "How appropriate," she said. The resort, which replicates a Tuscan village, is 36 stories and it has 3,025 rooms. mulberry purses sale Prosecutors in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial on Friday showed jurors two books seized from his bedroom in 1993 which include pictures of nude and swimsuit-clad boys.The books were seized by Chicago police during a molestation investigation involving a boy who received a multimillion-dollar settlement from Jackson in 1994. That probe never generated criminal charges against Jackson.Judge Rodney S. Melville allowed the prosecution to work with the books despite defense objections them to be found too long ago to be highly relevant to the current case and could be prejudicial."If these are truly pornographic books, these books will push every emotional button of the jury," said legal expert and courtroom observer Michael Cardoza.CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Donelan reports the books could speak straight away to the child molestation case against Jackson. But as prosecutors prepare to wrap up their case, legal experts warned the their conspiracy case up against the King of pop continues to be seriously damaged."They need to generate one believable witness to tie Michael Jackson on the conspiracy in this case," said Cardoza.Jackson is accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy in 2003, giving him alcohol and conspiring to support the accuser's family captive to acquire them to rebut a documentary by which Jackson appeared with the boy and said he allowed children to rest in his bed but that it absolutely was non-sexual.Jurors were shown the covers of these two books during questioning of L . a . police Detective Rosibel Smith, who found the books inside a locked filing cabinet in Jackson's master suite.One book, called "Boys Is going to be Boys," featured a photo of fair-haired boys in swimsuits jumping into water.It contained an inscription authored by Jackson: "Look at the true spirit of happiness and joy of these boys' faces, this is the spirit of boyhood, an existence I've never had and will always desire. This is the life I want for my children."The jury also was shown the cover of a book called "The Boy: A Photographic Essay." Additionally, it contained an inscription in spite of this: "To Michael from your (heart symbol) fan, XXXOOO, 'Rhonda."' The note was dated 1983.Smith said both books featured boys "playing, swimming, jumping."Prosecutor Ron Zonen said earlier that particular book was about 90 percent pictures of nude boys along with the other about 10 percent.Prosecutors previously introduced dozens of adult magazines featuring adult women and a few art books that featured nudes.
A wish came true recently for a 16-year-old Grass Valley, California, girl who has had Hodgkins Disease, a form of cancer: Sixteen-year-old Johanna Johnson played oboe with all the New York Philharmonic."The music was all around me and I could glance at the bass drum and the tympani and everything through my feet," she told CBS News Early Show Co-Anchor Jane Clayson.Johanna's wish was granted from the Make A Wish Foundation. Most recipients, Clayson noted, request a trip to Disney World or a opportunity to meet a sports star. "The thought did cross my mind," admitted Johnson. "I did desire to meet [U.S. women's team star] Mia Hamm but I decided I will not stay with soccer my expereince of living and will stay with music my very existence and I wanted something to last my whole lifetime."Instead, she met Joseph Robinson, the orchestra's principal oboist, who said he was overwhelmed by the experience."It's not what I expected," he said. "And it's just that with unlimited choice, Johanna decided that her dream would be to sit in an orchestra, to never be a soloist, not to meet the music director in order to get an autograph from the guest artist or perhaps take a lesson from me."The musicians also gave Johanna something special: A professional-quality $5,000 oboe."I was getting a lesson, which was great," she recalled. "I was pleased about the lesson, and Joe walked out of the room and went back with an oboe and I was mesmerised."As part of her wish, Johanna and her family also attended a performance on the Metropolitan Opera and met the Met's oboist, plus a performance of Les Miz ."I hope I will be somebody's wish in the future," she said. "I've only experienced it from my standpoint. It would be so neat for somebody to say 'I wish to meet Johanna Johnson.'"Robinson said individuals the orchestra were moved during Friday's rehearsal when Johanna was introduced to them, many of the women crying."She's arrived at us like a Christmas angel in such a way we didn't expect, all because by affirming her preference, she reconfirmed our life choice," he explained. "Johanna reminded me of why I wanted to try out in the New York Philharmonic more than anything after i was 16."The gift ended up being us." Robinson's personal home page lists his recordings.©1999, CBS Worldwide Inc., All Rights Reserved mulberry scarves Britney Spears has revealed what might be Hollywood's worst-kept secret: She's pregnant. Inside a posting on her Web site, Spears told fans that they and husband, Kevin Federline, were expecting their first child together. Her publicist, Sonia Muckle, confirmed the singer's pregnancy Tuesday but refused to deliver additional details."The time has finally come to share our wonderful news that we're expecting our first child together," the singer said. "There are reports which i was in the hospital this weekend, and Kevin and that i just want everyone to know that is well. Thank you for your thinking and prayers."The couple were married in September. Magazines and tabloids have speculated for weeks that Spears, 23, was pregnant, documenting her expanding waistline and fuller figure, but she remained mum about the subject.However, she has previously expressed a desire to start a family. In an interview with People magazine last fall, she said: "I wish to be a young mom. I can see us as a parent."While this will be Spears' first foray into parenthood, Federline, 27, has two kids his ex-girlfriend, actress Shar Jackson. Spears and Federline met this past year when he was a backup dancer on her behalf tour — and Jackson was pregnant making use of their son.Spears wed Federline just eight months after ending a 55-hour Nevada marriage to her childhood friend, Jason Alexander. Her second marriage has provided endless fodder for tabloids, that have speculated that the union is trouble — prompting an angry outburst from Spears on her Web site last month.Yet the couple have hardly hid from your limelight — last week, the pair announced they would document their courtship in a new reality series on UPN. The network promised "exclusive, never-before-seen private home videos" with their "personal love story."Spears' impending motherhood will be the ultimate indicator that the former teen princess is all grown up. Spears was cast as a possible innocent with a bit of sex appeal when she made her debut at 16 with the multiplatinum " ... Baby, One More Time" and have become a youth icon. As she grew older, her image got sexier, plus more vampish.Her last album would have been a greatest hits collection, which has sold nearly 1 million copies. no previous page next 1/2
Jimmy Fallon is latest to tread for the "Saturday Night Live" path from ensemble player to comic celebrity. Fallon, that will host Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, is following in the footsteps of such stars as John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Adam Sandler and Mike Meyers. SNL viewers may recognize his impressions of John Lennon, Marilyn Manson, Richard Simmons, Howard Stern and Steven Tyler, and moviegoers will remember him as the shaggy-haired manager in the Cameron Crowe's homage to 1970s rock, "Almost Famous." It's heady stuff for that boy born in Brooklyn in Saugerties, N.Y. Even Fallon himself has expressed amazement at just how soon he was able to live his boyhood imagine joining the SNL cast. After remaining the College of Saint Rose in Albany, in 1996, just asemester shy of graduation, Fallon headed to L . a . and trained with The Groundlings, an improvisational theater company. He made his TV debut within a guest role on the ABC series "Spin City." Soon, he was making appearances on "Saturday Night Live." He was a regular cast member from the 1999-2000 season, and also took on co-anchoring duties for your "Weekend Update" segment. The comic is additionally dabbling in music. Fallon released "The Bathroom Wall" CD now. It has been described as a mix of eclectic musical recordings and standup comedy. He admits that this marriage of comedy and music evolved for the third SNL show he did." He did an impression of Adam Sandler on "Celebrity Jeopardy," and on "Weekend Update With Colin Quinn," he did another musical parody. Fallon said a lot of people at DreamWorks saw that and "said, 'Oh man, this guy is going to make a record.' So they called my manager and they also set up the album." Fast Info about Jimmy FallonJames Fallon was borin in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Sept.19, 1974. Fallon moved with family from Brooklyn to Saugerties, N.Y., since a child.He attended College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y. Fallon left in spring 1996 to pursue comedy career.From 1996 to 1998, Fallon trained using the Groundlings, Los Angeles' famed comic theater company.Fallon joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC) as a featured player in 1998.He was promoted to regular cast member in 1999.In 2000, Fallon made his feature acting debut in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous", playing manager Dennis Hope.Together with "SNL" writer Tina Fey, Fallon co-anchored the series' news segment "Weekend Update" paper mulberry Instead of finding stories as most reporters do, CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman runs on the highly sophisticated piece of newsgathering equipment: a dart. He asks a person on the street to throw a dart in a map to help him choose where he'll go next seeking a story. Once there, he picks a subject at random from the phone book. The premise is that "Everybody Has a Story." This time around he visits Elmore County, Ala. Harold Pack, whose nickname is Hap, short for happy, is often a sergeant at the Maxwell Air Force Base in nearby Montgomery. He's been a nauseatingly perky soldier for 24 years.He has just completed his very last day. That may seem like reason to become happier still, but not necessarily. All his life, Pack thought retirement could be something he would share with someone he loved, according to him. And now that it's here, he can't see that happening."How rare would that be when you already found that person once?" he asks.His wife, Anna, died couple of years ago at age 39. She died right in front of him. "[She was] laying down viewing television, she sat up and coughed and she or he laid back down. Her artery clogged and stopped the guts. She was gone before her head hit the pillow," he recalls.Her death left Pack alone to boost their 15-year-old son. Brian travels to summer school because he failed four classes last year.And he does not share his father's nickname. "Hey, Brian. How'd school go?" Pack inquires. "It's going," Brian says.Literally every single day, Brian comes home from school."How was your day?" Pack asks."It was so," Brian says.He gives that same answer and goes to his room. Pack might find him once more before dinner briefly. He then runs off into the woods having a friend. Does his father want to see what he's doing from the woods? "I think a part of me knows what he's doing from the woods," Pack says. "If they're out smoking or drinking or building bonfires, what's going to stop them? Brian's therapist says his apathy is due to his mom dying: "His mother was his emotional support anf the husband lost that emotional support abruptly recognized." "She raised the kid generally," Pack says. "And this is why now she's gone I must be home and around Brian around I can." So it is, with canned beans and Rice-A-Roni, that Pack tries as best he can to replace the irreplaceable. "You can't stand the flavor? What do you think?" he asks. Though Brian will never make a show of it, performing say quietly that he likes this new, improved dad. A promsing sign that perhaps attitude and optimism are hereditary."He's an incredible young man and he just doesn't know that yet, " Pack says proudly. Next Pack throws the dart to steer next week's journey. "Going to Adams County, Wash.," according to him. "You guys are going to have a nice trip."©1999 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved. These components may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
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