quote [ An immigrants' rights group in East Haven delivered thousands of tacos to Mayor Jospeh Maturo's office the day after he made comments that many are calling insensitive. ]

quote [ I don't know what to call it, really. Midlife crisis sounds so flamboyant, so ridiculous, so… exciting. And I haven't run off with a builder, or moved to Thailand to find my real self, or embarked on a brand-new drug habit, or taken up free rock climbing.

I've just become aware, at 44, that I'm about halfway through. That there is less time to go than I have already had. ]

quote [ Loretta Napoleoni ... gives a behind-the-scenes look at its complex economics, revealing a surprising connection between money laundering and the US Patriot Act. ]

quote [ Under the programme, the UK-listed company Phorm has developed technology that allows internet service providers (ISPs) to track what their users are doing online. ISPs can then sell that information to media companies and advertisers, who can use it to place more relevant advertisements on websites the user subsequently visits. The EU has accused Britain of turning a blind eye to the growth in this kind of internet marketing. ]

quote [ Hoevels's character was to commit suicide in the drama, a scene that was to be acted out with a blunt stage weapon.

But he had been given a real blade instead, London's Telegraph said. ]

quote [ What began as a faint popping noise in a nine-year-old boy's ear - "like Rice Krispies" - ended up as an earache, and the doctor's diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear. ]