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Friday, December 27, 2002

A juror comments on a 6-6 first jury vote and the subsequent fractious debates which resulted in a m

“It was amazing to me, when we all came back into the room to deliberate, that everyone wasn’t thinking the same way I was. We want to believe that everyone thinks the same way we do.” (Source Link)

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“Nestle may pay high PR price for principle,” by Mark Borkowski, from the UK

“The boycott’s been going on for years, but it’s not biting deep enough for Nestle’s tastes. They’ve initiated a major drive to persuade lots more people not to buy the company’s products. How else to explain its demand for $6m from the Ethiopian government as compensation for the nationalisation in 1975 of a subsidiary company of a German parent operation that Nestle subsequently purchased in 1986? (Yes, hard to follow, but if you concentrate it makes sense). A company that made $5.5bn profit last year is trying to force the government of one of the poorest nations on earth to cough up $6m, and is refusing to accept a $1.5m compromise settlement that the cash-strapped regime has offered.” (Source Link)

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Sweet potato hornworm ca

Sweet potato hornworm caterpillars, black with a horn-like marking on the back end, are now infesting the Hawaiian island of Moloka’i. Up to 90 percent of the eggs are usually killed by the parasite Trichogramma, but this year there are more than 300,000 of the insects per square acre.

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In Seattle, for each $10,000 of a vehicle’s worth,

In Seattle, for each $10,000 of a vehicle’s worth, $140 will provide funding to build a $1.7 billion monorail by 2007.

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Because of injury, 2.

Because of injury, 2.8 of every 1000 skiers in Colorado will require the ski patrol to assist them off the mountain.

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