Apple firestorm forces Daisey show edits and prologue
Mike Daisey has cut questionable sections from his Apple products monologue and added a prologue addressing critics. The Public Theater director said the changes are his alone and frame the controversy for audiences while Daisey has acknowledged mixing fact and fiction.
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Somalia famine aid wasted amid chaos and corruption
AP investigation finds large amounts of U N food sent to Mogadishu did not reach starving families. Some WFP supplies fed livestock or entered the black market. a warehouse was looted by a government official. Feeding sites delivered far less food than records showed.
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Boomer generation reshapes active lifestyle nationwide
Lubbock reports boomers born 1946 to 1964 increasingly run walk swim and use machines to fight aging. Surveys show higher participation in fitness and outdoor activities with new senior centers possible as they pursue social exercise and team sports despite scheduling limits.
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Greek students struggle as cutbacks hit Athens universities
Bloomberg News reports Athens campuses suffer amid 23 percent budget cuts since 2009 driving unheated buildings and delayed hiring. Youth unemployment exceeds 50 percent as protests seize campuses while students like Konstantinos Markou describe pessimism and hardship among drug activity and stray dogs on campuses.
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Romney Adic Highlight on Missing Teen Case in 1996
An Restore Our Future ad recounts Mitt Romney aiding Bain Capital in 1996 when Robert Gay asked for help finding his 14 year old daughter Melissa who disappeared after a Randalls Island party. Romney recalls closing Bain and flying to New York to search, ending with Melissa found safe in New Jersey.
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