The Hague makes capital out of criminal courts THE HAGUE (Reuters) - In a tiny office on Zeestraat 100, Alice Helbing puts the final touches to a script for an imaginary counter-terrorism exercise in the Netherlands. A few doors down the corridor, staff from a legal aid group are digging into real war crimes in Ivory Coast. Nearby at Humanity House, a small museum devoted to raising awareness about aid for the victims of disaster, visitors ...
The Accessible Side of Marc Jacobs At the start of the Marc by Marc Jacobs show, a man's voice started chanting, and not in a very friendly way, "This is what you want, this is what you get."
Assessing the Phillies' top prospects The Phillies have won five consecutive National League East titles and twice reached the World Series during this golden era of baseball.
Paulson demands breakup of The Hartford BOSTON (Reuters) - Famed hedge fund manager John Paulson on Tuesday demanded that insurer The Hartford Financial Services Group break itself into two companies, escalating a confrontation with management that began with screams on a conference call last week. Investors appeared to welcome the nine-page proposal from the Hartford's largest shareholder, as the stock rose 6.5 percent in after-hours ...
The rise to fame of Knicks' Lin During an otherwise unremarkable game several winters ago, long before Jeremy Lin would arc like a brilliant comet through the NBA sky, the Harvard basketball player lit up Yale's defense.
Banner fundraising year for colleges, especially the elites For the 99 percent of colleges, it was a pretty good fundraising year. For the 1 percent of super-wealthy elite, it was a much better one that catapulted them even further ahead of the pack.
Central Mass.: Home of the housing bust ATHOL - How far have home values dropped in this Central Massachusetts town? The answer sounds like the punch line to a joke, but no one is laughing: They've eroded so much that you can buy a house for about the cost of a Toyota Camry. "If [prices]go much lower they will be giving them away,'' said Matt Tarlin, an investor from Needham who has bought three homes in Athol and nearby Orange for as ...
Lescott sends City back to the top Manchester City moved back to the top of the Premier League as Joleon Lescott's goal clinched a hard-fought 1-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.
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