The Times featured quite a few interesting stories today. "Death Doesn't Rob Recipient of Nobel Prize" made me aware of the rule that Nobel Prizes cannot be presented posthumously. To think that the Nobel committee was considering taking back the award from Dr. Steinman because they did not realize he had died just days earlier seems almost cruel. Luckily, the committee allowed the prize to be honored in these circumstances.
"Italian Court Reverses American Student's '09 Murder Conviction" was a compelling follow-up that has been ongoing for years. I had known of this story, but had never before read the details of the case as they were laid out in this article. The picture of Amanda Knox on the front page shows the emotion and anguish that she felt throughout the course of the trial.
The other story that I read in today's paper was "Contraceptive Said to Double Risks of H.I.V.", which looked at contraceptive usage, pregnancy, and H.I.V. statistics in Africa. This article showed a major problem in Africa for which a solution will need to be discovered quickly if the discoveries in this article are true. Something that seemed so progressive, contraceptives, has turned out to do more harm than good.
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