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...somewhat less revolutionary. As in 1954, Godzilla is the spawn of nuclear tests in the Pacific, and this time he makes his way quickly to New York City. Matthew Broderick plays an American scientist, Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (a nod to the new creator); Jean Reno is a mysterious agent for the French; Maria Pitillo is a newscaster wannabe; and Hank Azaria is a TV cameraman. Together they battle not just Godzilla but a teeming snake pit of little Godzillas. Though referred to as "he," the monster belongs to transgender studies, reproducing by parthenogenesis. How does it all end? Well, even...
Until last week. A reporter at the online magazine Forbes Digital Tool tried to verify Glass's latest effort, the lovingly detailed story of a pimply 15-year-old computer hacker recruited by the corporation whose data network he had just penetrated. The piece features vivid characters (a "super-agent to the super-nerds," who is said to represent 300 hackers), a trade association called the National Assembly of Hackers and a California software firm called Jukt Micronics. None of it is real. When Digital Tool started asking questions, Glass created a phony corporate website for Jukt and a bogus...
...from five-star hotels to four- or even three-star establishments when they land. "People used to buy normal tickets so they could change schedules a million times, but nowadays people fix their business meetings according to the schedule of their air tickets," says Yuko Sugihara, a Tokyo travel agent who specializes in planning executive travel...
...previous year, while in Seoul the price cutting was even more dramatic: to $70 from $143, according to analysts at PKF Consulting. And although business-class seat prices are holding steady, economy fares are 20% lower than last year's, says Jacko C.F. Yeung, a Hong Kong travel agent. A standard flight from Hong Kong to Singapore costs about $300; last year it was $550. "The trend I see is that more business people are traveling economy class," he says. "It's too expensive otherwise...
...Mice save lives. Because their tumors develop almost overnight, says Merck's Oliff, "we can do tests 10 or 100 times more quickly than in humans." Their usefulness varies with diseases, though. He notes that rodents are better predictors of human reaction to cardiovascular or anti-inflammatory agents than to cancer or diseases of the central nervous system. But that's a trade-off researchers are more than willing to accept in their search for a cancer cure. "If you find a favorite agent doesn't work," Oliff says, "you simply throw it away and go on to something else...