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New York. The man, who describes himself as “Number 12”, brought his own generator with him to keep his Mac running. Sitting in his camping chair outside Apple’s flagship store on Manhattan’s prestigious and noisy 5th Avenue, Scott Conley, a 37-year-old man from Brooklyn, is waiting in the humid heat for the iPhone to finally hit the stores the next day. He wants to one of the first ones in New York – he will be number 12 – to get hands on the hyped device, which will go on sale on Friday June 29 2007 in the US. Set of pictures of the 2007 NBA Draft. Pictures of Joakim Noah, Yannick Noah’s son. Los Angeles. She enters the room speaking about her acne. “Not cool”, Kelly Clarkson says laughing. One would certainly not expect a young superstar to speak about her moles. But the Texan singer does not seem to care about the polished image most of her peers try to have. She is the way she is, and fame should not change anything. Kelly Clarkson has had a rough year trying to shape My December, her third album due in the stores today, the way she wanted it. Her label tried hard to make her change her direction, but she did not. Despite more than 11 million records sold with Breakway, her previous record, and two Grammy awards, Kelly Clarkson knows she is rolling the career dice. The pressure is mounting. In recent weeks, she fired her manager and cancelled her summer tour. Livingston, Texas. 384 men are currently sitting on death row in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston (Texas). When death row inmates have trouble listening to KDOL radio, they use their forks as an antenna. Every Sunday, KDOL broadcasts the “shout out show”, a special program for them. The night before an execution, the radio station also broadcasts a special show for the man, who is about to die. His family and friends usually cram the small studio of the radio station. They join Joy Weathers, the manager of KDOL, who launched the show four years ago. “Make love not war”. Scientists at the Air Force’s Wright Laboratory tried to get money to develop their own version of the slogan. In 1994, the lab requested $7,5 million to build a “gay bomb” with powerful chemicals that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting. On Friday June 15 2007, the Pentagon confirmed it had considered the idea but said it had rejected it soon after. New York. Kosovo has a new friend: George Bush. The U.S. president spent his last few days in Europe promoting the idea of an independent Kosovo. With his poll numbers low at home, Mr Bush made sure he would be remembered by an enthusiastic Albanian crowd. During his visit in Tirana on Sunday June 10 2007, the president said what people there wanted to hear. He called for an independent Kosovo and for an end to the delays in the UN talks. The following day, Mr Bush insisted the province should be independent. He also said the U.S would push for a UN resolution but did not make any commitment. New York. Deep into Brooklyn, the Lindenwood Diner seems to be a remnant from the 1960s. Those standing outside the popular restaurant can see the projects at the end of Linden Boulevard (East New York) and watch the planes getting ready to land at nearby JFK airport. Russell Defreitas, 63, was arrested by the FBI at this diner, at about 10 p.m. on Friday June 1st 2007. Mr Defreitas, a U.S. citizen native to Guyana and former JFK air cargo employee, was accused the following day of plotting to blow up JFK airport. Two other suspected cell members, one of them a former member of Guyana’s parliament, were arrested in Trinidad and fourth man is still on the run. New York. George Bush is a man on a (green) mission. On Thursday May 31 2007, the US president announced his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “In recent years, science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it. The United States takes this issue seriously”, Mr. Buah said in a speech in Washington. Coming from a man, who doubted scientific findings about global warming in 2000, such an assessment could be considered “revolutionary”. In 2001, a few weeks after he had arrived at the White House, George Bush reversed a campaign promise and rejected the Kyoto Treaty on global warming. |
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