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Insurgents appear to be adopting a similar strategy up north in Mosul, Iraq's third largest city. In mid-November, at the height of Operation al-Fajr, Mosul erupted in violence as gangs of fighters attacked police stations and engaged in pitched street battles with U.S. and Iraqi forces. It took the Americans and their Iraqi partners the better part of a week to regain control, and a U.S. battalion had to be recalled from Fallujah to help. The attackers "showed a degree of local command and control we have not seen before," says Brigadier General Carter Ham, commander...
...some people hopelessly addicted to cigarettes, while others can seemingly quit at will? It may be, suggests recent research, that in those unlucky individuals who appear to be "born to smoke," nicotine triggers a pattern of brain activity that makes kicking the habit practically impossible. This strong neurobiological reaction to nicotine appears to be associated with hostile personalities marked by anger, aggression and anxiety...
Scientists studying Alzheimer's disease have also uncovered a possible link to uncontrolled blood pressure. When they scrutinized the brain vessels of people who had died of Alzheimer's, they found that those with a history of hypertension during middle age had tiny changes that did not appear in healthy individuals. "The question is, Where do the micro changes come from--longstanding hypertension or high cholesterol?" says Dr. Richard Mayeux, co-director of Columbia University's Alzheimer's research center, who is studying the connection. If either of them turns out to be involved, controlling both may be an unexpected...
...star-studded Nativity scene at London wax museum MADAME TUSSAUDS elevated soccer god David Beckham to biblical status last week, exhibiting wax figures of him and his wife Victoria, a.k.a. Posh Spice, as Joseph and Mary. As pop singer Kylie Minogue hovers angelically, Hugh Grant and Samuel L. Jackson appear as shepherds while Tony Blair, George W. Bush and Prince Philip portray wise men in the display, which will stay up until January. The Vatican has called the scene blasphemous. And with Posh as the Virgin, the church may have a point...
It’s not the easiest task to make the page you’re looking at appear fabulous. Luckily, incoming designer Kelly is more than up to the task. Combining an unmistakable Carolina charm with an eye for sexy pages and eye-catching graphics, Kelly is a shot of southern comfort that will keep y’all coming back to FM every Thursday...