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...poor neighborhoods where everyone is apt to be treated like a suspect. Even though many police departments have abandoned the official use of so-called drug-dealer profiles, officers may continue to carry racial stereotypes in their heads. To them, virtually any young black male with a gold chain is a potential drug courier. Any well-dressed black man in an expensive car might be a big-time dealer...
...pall causes gagging and choking, and there have been reports of respiratory problems from as far away as Bahrain. Eventually some of the toxic by-products will enter the food chain and work their way up, a phenomenon dubbed petroleum poisoning. "I think the whole region is in for a bath of carcinogenic, mutagenic and possibly teratogenic chemicals," says Peter Montague of Greenpeace, referring to compounds that cause cancer, mutations and congenital deformities...
...housing surge continues to gather momentum, as most industry economists seem to think it will, it can help to power the U.S. economy out of recession, in part by setting off a chain reaction of other purchases: furniture, linens, home electronics and all the other gear a home requires. Happily, the phenomenon seems to be affecting all regions. Even in areas like New England, which is still firmly in recession's grip, some of the better houses are selling as quickly as brokers can list them. At the Greater Boston & Real Estate Board, officials say pending sales...
William Hertz, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles-based, 110-theater Mann Theater chain, was in a meeting yesterday and couldn't be reached for comment, his secretary said...
...They did what they had to do and, as the president said, 'God bless them'," says George Emerson, a chain-smoking navy veteran of the Korean...