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After more than five years of plummeting prices, inflation has hit the cocaine trade: the Drug Enforcement Administration reports that coke prices in South Florida are on the rise. Three months ago, undercover DEA agents could buy coke wholesale for as little as $13,000 a kilogram. Today they can...
In many of the more elaborate loan clubs, participants bid for the privilege of taking the pool. Whoever offers the highest interest rate wins, although each member can take the pot only once. The entire interest payment is immediately deducted from the fund and paid out to the other members...
Among the many piques and volleys of tennis, this year's Wimbledon had a distinct feeling of passage. For the first time since Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert doubled in love 14 years ago, two fresh champions emerged, one for the ages. The torch that Steffi Graf has been tugging...
Last year 287 million visitors tramped, trekked, drove, wandered or flew through America's 341 national parks. The tourist population has nearly doubled since 1971, and could jump to 500 million by the year 2010. Current facilities cannot handle the crush. Use has also brought abuse: people may visit the...
Hong Kong ran out of patience last week. For 13 years, the British colony has served as a way station for tens of thousands of Vietnamese boat people. But last week, after this year's flood of newcomers almost doubled the colony's refugee population, to more than 16,500...