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...players tallied were for relatively small stakes. But the longer they played - and the more confident they got - the likelier they were to get blown out on one or a few very big hands. Win a dozen $50 pots and you're still going to wind up far behind if you lose a single $1,000 one. "People overweigh their frequent small gains vis-à-vis occasional large losses," Siler says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Winning Can Mean Losing in Poker and Life | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

...Investing, driving, buying a house and merely crossing the street are all acts that involve discernible risks and uncertain rewards. The more small returns you get from your small investments in stocks, the likelier you are to make - and lose - a big investment. The more times you get behind the wheel and speed a little bit, the likelier you are to speed a lot - with deadlier consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Winning Can Mean Losing in Poker and Life | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

...never solved—and the $100,000 reward offered by Johnson & Johnson for finding the culprit was never claimed. At the time, Lewis became associated with the case because he wrote a letter demanding $1 million from Johnson & Johnson to stop the killings. He spent over a decade behind bars for this act of extortion, but he was never tried or convicted for the actual murders. That may soon change...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Man Behind the Tylenol Cyanide Murders Might Be Living in Cambridge | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

Last week, Lewis and his wife provided DNA samples to investigators, which may be the evidence needed to clinch the case.  WCVB Boston reported last year that the FBI has suspected that Lewis is the man behind the murders. With today's new advanced forensic technology, they may finally be able to prove...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Man Behind the Tylenol Cyanide Murders Might Be Living in Cambridge | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

Junior Jenny Reese led the way for the Crimson in Saturday’s springboard events. Reese finished runner-up in the one-meter with 262.20 points, only seven points behind the winner, Princeton’s Carolyn Littlefield. Sophomore Leslie Rea barely missed a second-place finish in the three-meter event by a mere 1.12 points. Reese followed Rea in fourth with 244.88 points...

Author: By Jessica L. Flakne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Dives Into New Year With Strong Finish | 1/12/2010 | See Source »

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