Balance sheet.Caissons Rolling The Pentagon admits it needs 30,000 more troops to meet all of its various security commitments around the globe. It took a while, but the honesty is refreshing. Liberating, even. Magic Beans Harvard researchers find coffee drinkers have a 30-to-50-percent lower risk of diabetes than non-java addicts. Diabetes joins colon cancer colon cancer, cancer of any part of the colon (often called the large intestine). Colon cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. , cirrhosis, gallstones Gallstones Definition A gallstone is a solid crystal deposit that forms in the gallbladder, which is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile salts until they are needed to help digest fatty foods. , and Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. as ailments coffee seems to protect against. Packet Protector Sen. John Sununu (R-N R-N Raion (Russian, district; used in postal addresses) .H.) promises to protect Voice Over Internet Protocol from federal and state regulation. California, Minnesota, and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of are among the states that say online telephone calls should comply with the same regulations as 19th-century telecom. Crude Investment Oil begins to flow from Kirkuk to the rest of the world, providing northern Iraq with a key source of wealth. Good Goo A report from the Institute of Physics says "gray goo" doomsaying by the likes of Prince Charles obscures the gains nano-technology could bring to developing countries, including better water purification and cheaper, more accurate diagnoses of diseases such as tuberculosis. Virtually Educated About 1,000 kids in Wisconsin enjoy the flexibility of virtual charter schools. Without rigid districts, students can sign up for classes that would be unavailable if they stuck to their brick-and-mortar schools. Puzzle Box Researchers at Microsoft look at imposing crushing costs on spammers--not in money but in time, by requiring e-mail senders' computers to solve a computational puzzle as a condition of delivery. Guests Only The FBI demands guest lists from Las Vegas hotels as part of anti-terror activities for New Year's Eve and almost certainly gives visitors to the Super Bowl in Houston the same once-over. Pricey Speech A South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. judge fines an anti-Bush protester $500 for daring to protest too close to the president. The Secret Service maintains that security, not P.R., drives the need to pen protesters far from the POTUS POTUS abbr. President of the United States in "demonstration zones." Learned Hands A report from the Teaching Commission finds the quality of teachers in America lacking and suggests several radical reforms, such as merit pay and greater autonomy for principals in firing and hiring. Kid Not Pennsylvania's anti-kiddie-porn law succeeds in blocking more than a million legit le·git adj. Slang Legitimate. Web sites. The Center for Democracy and Technology notes school sites were among those blocked by the law. Theory Leery Georgia considers evolution too revolutionary for the public schools. A proposed state curriculum for science for middle and high schools nixes the e-word and replaces it with "biological changes over time." Golden Tablets Just months after passage of the Medicare drug benefit, its cost zooms from $400 billion over 10 years to $540 billion. Warning: Warning The Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States launches the National Cyber Alert System, a plan to spam e-mail users about cyber security threats. Never mind that many public and private outfits, software sellers, and system administrators already issue such warnings. |
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