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...what if companies eventually demand access to EDR data before insuring your car? Last year North Dakota and Arkansas passed laws barring the use of black boxes to set rates or settle claims. What's important is to have a choice of whether to be monitored, says Robert Talley of the National Motorists Association. "Sometimes you just like the idea of being free in a free country...
...several properties in Florida's sizzling market, and this one sounded sweet: three bedrooms, private elevator, designer appliances. Villa Medici, promised the builder, would be modeled after a "true Italian Tuscan village," featuring Mediterranean façades and a resort-style pool. "As with any 'limited edition,'" the pitch stressed, "demand always exceeds the supply...
...Zoners too nervous to venture outside the walls), the sporadic spurts of violence between Shi'ites and Sunnis have given way to a steady stream of blood. Partisans on both sides are arming themselves for battle, and ordinary folks are looking for ways to defend themselves. Owing to soaring demand, the price of a Chinese-made AK-47 has quadrupled, to $200, since the start of the year; the Russian-made version has doubled, to $600. The U.N. reports that nearly 6,000 Iraqis were killed in May and June, more than in any comparable period since the fall...
...certain communities in Chicago in order to gain employment is perpetuating a cycle of unemployed and impoverished youth; it is a problem that must be addressed on the grassroots level.The social problems framed by the culture of commuting are deep, complex, and without apparent solution. However, these issues demand that we recognize their presence and meditate on their impacts, even if it’s only as the buildings and trees whiz past us, faster and faster, away from the city, closer to home.Emma M. Lind ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator...
...Chicago, big-box retailers have been successful on a site-by-site basis. But the City Council vote - a 35-14 drubbing - takes the issue citywide. Furthermore, retailers like Target and Wal-Mart have to answer to their shareholders, who demand growth. ?The cities are really the last frontier for big-box retailers,? says Arindrajit Dube, a research economist at the University of California, Berkley. ?The only place they are growing is global, but the urban market is just too lucrative for them to ignore...