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...study will undoubtedly increase demand for the first-trimester test, though it costs $200 to $800 and is not covered by most insurance. More important, it greatly clarifies the range of options for expectant mothers, says lead author Dr. Fergal Malone, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland. "This is not a one-size-fits-all approach," he says. The first-trimester screening carries a high risk of false positives for older women, so a woman who has struggled for years to get pregnant and wishes to avoid the risks of a follow...
...trying to loot the ship, rather than terrorists targeting its Western passengers. But the incident shows that pirates and terrorists share a willingness to use deadly force to achieve their aims. And since pirates make more money--the three big gangs of pirates suspected of working Somali waters now demand and often receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, according to the Piracy Reporting Center's Choong--they are likely to go after bigger game. With their kidnapping revenues, pirates "can afford to buy themselves some pretty nice boats," says Choong, and hence extend the range of their seizures...
...more diverse range of films could be offered, too, because studios could afford to take on riskier projects, while distributors would be able to send smaller, alternative films to wider audiences. And with up to 10 films sitting on one server, movie houses could change their programs to suit demand. If a showing for a film sells out, add a copy on a second screen; if a film bombs, replace it with anything starring Julia Roberts. Projector makers and server manufacturers that have been selling equipment in ones and twos for almost a decade look for sales to boom. Belgium...
...corporations did not provide defined-benefit pensions out of the goodness of their hearts. They did it because their workers were united in unions powerful enough to demand these benefits. With unions weak and shrinking, corporations feel free to discard what they regard as an onerous burden. A good legal reform would be to treat a pension obligation as a preferred creditor in any corporate bankruptcy proceeding or give pension trusts the first claim to all corporate assets. CHARLIE ROSENBERG Milwaukee...
...interrupted by a mugger who beats up Charles and rapes Lucinda; the mugger is actually an overtly villainous and obnoxiously French criminal, Phillippe Laroche (Vincent Cassell) who, with the help of sidekick Dexter (Xzibit of “Pimp My Ride”), proceeds to stalk Charles and demand high blackmail payments; Charles cannot go to the police because Lucinda refuses to make a statement of a her rape; Charles’s life spirals increasingly out of control. Plus, his daughter has diabetes. Yes, they go there.The fault largely lies in Stuart Beattie’s script, which fails...