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...apparently helped the U.S. zero in on bin Laden's lieutenants, credible intelligence on the main target's whereabouts is sketchy at best. Law-enforcement officials say that bin Laden's message aside, there are no signs of heightened al-Qaeda activity in the U.S., but they don't discount the possibility of a terrorist attack. "The threat's still real," says a U.S. intelligence official, "but because of this tape, does that make it any more real than it was before the tape? No." Today, the official says, al-Qaeda is not the same outfit it was on 9/11...
...DISCOUNT EDUCATION Smaller private colleges seeking to lure students from the Ivies are increasingly turning to aid based on academic achievement rather than economic need. Merit scholarships grew from $1.2 billion in 1994 to $7.3 billion...
...Theatre in Washington, D. C.,; North Shore Center in Skokie, IL; Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theatre in Philadelphia; and Lincoln Center in New York. Recital of Natalia Gutman at Sanders Theatre. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006. 7:00 PM. Tickets $34.50, $46.50, and $56.50 with a $5.00 senior discount and a 50% student discount (with a valid ID). Tickets are available by calling the Harvard Box Office 617-496-2222 or through the website box office, www.fas.harvard.edu/ticket.--Staff writer Kristina M. Moore can be reached at moore2@fas.harvard.edu...
Dave Tuttle keeps the telecommunications industry on its toes. The 44-year-old computer programmer takes both telephone and broadband service from provider NTL at his home in Cheam, England, and gets a 40% discount on the broadband. He used to subscribe to NTL cable television for an additional $70 a month - until he discovered he could install a set-top box that allows British residents to receive digital channels without paying a monthly subscription. Recently he called a friend who was visiting India on a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that allows users to make toll-free calls...
...entrepreneur thinks the discount bus industry can do a lot better. David Wong, a native of Nanjing, China, is literally taking the Chinatown out of his company. Instead of operating in traffic-clogged Chinatown, Wong chose Penn Station, a major Manhattan transportation hub, as the base for his Eastern Travel & Tour Inc. More important, inspired by David Neeleman, whose JetBlue shook up the airline industry, Wong hopes to remake the bus-trip experience into a paragon of customer service. Wong and his four partners, one Spanish and the rest Chinese, are emphasizing service. "I don't want to copy from...