AP – Vicki Guillot has served her last seafood po-boy.
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No Gulf seafood, no po-boys; owner shuts La. cafe
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Oil has gushed into the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month, and public anger at BP has taken the form of a nascent but growing campaign to boycott its products. But such efforts might not put a dent in company coffers. Experts say boycotts can be “a very loaded tactic.”
Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, and Steven Monjeza, 26, were convicted earlier this week following their engagement ceremony in December. The case has spurred international condemnation and calls for a boycott of aid to the African nation. Malawi’s government has been defiant in the face of the criticism.
And Humans — Biologist and Pulitzer Prize winner E.O. Wilson discusses his first novel. Anthill is a portrait of conflict in the ant and human worlds of southern Alabama, from the rise and fall of battling ant colonies to a nature-loving boy’s conviction to save the wilderness they inhabit.
Roger Vangheluwe, 73, apologized for having sexually abused a young boy about 25 years ago. The Bishop of Bruges’ resignation was the first from Belgium since a child abuse scandal began testing the Catholic Church several months ago in Europe and the United States.
UNICEF estimates that more than 20,000 children lost their parents in the Jan. 12 quake and its aftermath. Relatives or neighbors are caring for many of these children. Others, such as a group of boys in a Port-au-Prince park, are fending for themselves.
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