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Right now, every state except Nebraska and Maine awards all of its electoral votes to the popular-vote winner in that state. So in mammoth California, John Kerry beat George W. Bush and won all 55 electoral votes, more than one fifth of the 270 necessary for election. Instead of laboring in vain to turn California Red, a clever lawyer for the state Republican Party thought of a gimmicky shortcut. Thomas Hiltachk, who specializes in ballot referenda that try to fool people in the titles and fine print, is sponsoring a ballot initiative for the June 3, 2008, California primary (which now falls four months after the state’s presidential primary)....

What do you do next? In addition to making sure that your child’s symptoms are really due to allergies and not from recurrent colds or sinus infections, there are some steps you can take to get your child some relief. Strict Avoidance of Allergy Triggers Although it can be difficult if your child has multiple allergies or if she is allergic to things outside, like trees and grasses, avoidance of triggers can often be helpful....

Six police officers form the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department responded to the scene, where a recreational vehicle (RV) later exploded around 6:30 a.m. on Friday, after they received a call about shots fired in the area. Although it’s unclear whether any bullets were actually fired, the blast—which is believed to have been “intentional”—damaged more than 40 buildings. Three people were hospitalized and released following treatment. At the press briefing Sunday, five of the six officers recounted what occurred in the minutes before and after the blast....

As always when one reviews something of an impressive intricacy and sophistication, not to mention great length, it’s tempting to match the language of the review to the outsize nature of the book under scrutiny. Very few reviewers are going to read a novel this enormous and then say merely that it was OK. They’ve invested a lot of time, so they’re going to call it magisterial, or they’re going to damn it as a disaster....

That’s how plenty of people reacted when discovering that Cristiano Ronaldo - regarded as the world’s greatest player by many - is sporting a new style. Ronaldo, 33, unveiled his fresh look ahead of Portugal’s World Cup clash against Morocco when the superstar forward was aiming to build on his stunning hat-trick against Spain. And the goatee appears to be bringing him some luck after he scored a header in a matter of minutes to take his tally at the World Cup to four goals in two games....

NEWSWEEK: How significant are the results of this trial? Peter S. Creticos: I really think this is a major advance. We haven’t changed our approach to allergies in a long time. And [the conventional approach] is a very tedious long drawn-out process–four to five years of shots. We’re saying we can short-circuit the process and shut off the inflammation with six injections, and it has long-lasting protection. It lasts at least two seasons....

The film’s problems were not over. Beshoots added an extra $8 million to the budget. In September, Paramount, the original distributor, dropped the movie. claiming that Lee’s death, coupled with the dark story line, made it uncomfortable. Based on the underground comic books of James O’Barr, “The Crow” is a violent fantasy in which Lee’s character, Eric Draven, a Detroit rock guitarist. rises from the dead to avenge the brutal rape and murder of his fiancee and his own death....

The footage, captured by photographer Carlos Gauna and posted to his YouTube channel TheMalibuArtist, was filmed using a drone. In the footage, which can be seen here, the female shark can be seen swimming slowly in the shallows in Southern California, before disappearing into the depths. Gauna, narrating the video, says there is a huge difference between this shark and the juvenile white sharks he is so used to filming in the area, as the females’ girth is so wide....

According to Mongabay, a sinkhole appeared in the riverbed several feet upstream, diverting water away from the original fall location, and forming three smaller waterfalls slightly upstream. Why the sinkhole appeared, however, has remained something of a mystery. Some experts think that the hole formed as a result of natural processes, while others argue that humans may be partly to blame. Alfredo Carrasco—a geologist and former secretary of Natural Capital at Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment—is one of those scientists who thinks that the appearance of the sinkhole is a natural phenomenon, given that the river is located in an area of significant seismic and volcanic activity....

Kozol has been a longtime chronicler of inequalities in American education. Back in 1968, as a brand-new teacher, he published “Death at an Early Age,” an account of the terrible conditions in an impoverished African-American school in Boston. His latest book, “Letters to a Young Teacher,” was published in September. NEWSWEEK’s Peg Tyre recently spoke with Kozol. Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: What is a partial fast? Jonathan Kozol: I take mostly liquids, but because of certain medical conditions, my doctor insists I take some solid nourishment....

For most executives, a recession provokes more interest in survival than caring leadership. But Autry, president of the highly successful magazine group at Meredith Corp. (Ladies’ Home Journal, Better Homes and Gardens and 14 other titles), is an iconoclast who wants managers to shed “the macho scab of business” and realize that “even firing can be an act of caring.” Showing just how sensitive he is, he repeatedly breaks into poems with titles like “The Memo” (“It looked like any other memo, / corporate proper and neat,”) and “The Leader” (“a balancing act is more tiring / than you think”)....

Morata has started just one of the Blues’ last six games in all competitions, with the January deadline day signing of Olivier Giroud and use of Eden Hazard as a false nine dramatically reducing the £58 million man’s importance. The former Real Madrid forward has scored 12 goals since arriving from the Santiago Bernabeu last summer, but he has failed to net in his last 12 appearances, a drought spanning 594 minutes....

Following a low-iodine diet for at least two weeks before getting your treatment makes your thyroid more receptive to the medication. This increases its effectiveness. You’ll need to continue to maintain this diet until your treatment is complete. There are a few different thyroid conditions that may be treated with radioactive iodine therapy. These may include several types of thyroid cancer, as well as hyperthyroidism, which occurs when your thyroid makes more hormones than are needed....

32% met their main squeeze through friends or relatives; 5% met at church and only 1% met through a dating service. Although 46% reported that personality was what first attracted them to their sweethearts, 33% said looks counted too. 20% of the female respondents thought their main squeeze looked like Tom Selleck, and 21% of the males thought their sweethearts looked like Sally Field. For 70% it was not love at first sight....

But for a tiny minority of Chinese, a chill wind of repression is blowing. After a perfunctory secret trial, Zhang Shanguang, 42, was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for ““illegally providing intelligence to hostile foreign organizations.’’ His offense: he told a reporter for the U.S.-sponsored Radio Free Asia about a tax protest by a small group of farmers in Hunan province. ““Everyone knows about the event,’’ complained his wife, ““so how can this be considered a national secret?...

The large sign along I-83 shows Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to President Donald Trump, sitting on a large pile of money in a suit while speaking on the phone with the label “rich pest.” To the right of Kushner is a rat holding a small piece of cheese who is a “poor guy just trying to survive.” “Everyone deserves HUMANE rodent control,” the billboard says. Kushner’s real estate company reportedly has a controversial past of owning rental properties in Baltimore with unsanitary conditions....