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Little known but devastating among the aged is a phenomenon described as chronic suicide. Depressed old people may eat improperly, refuse to take medications and in general passively fail to take care of themselves until they die. Others may enter into a suicide pact with a partner. This usually occurs in response to one partner's developing dementia or being admitted to a nursing home...
...adequate power supplies. The Big Three utilities, which in addition to PG&E and SCE include San Diego Gas & Electric, sold off plants to outsiders like Duke Energy of Charlotte, N.C., and Reliant Energy of Houston and became middlemen. But the state wouldn't allow these new intermediaries to enter long-term purchasing agreements for fear they would be locked into fixed-price contracts as prices dropped. Their purchases had to be made on the so-called spot--or cash--market, and prices were low at the time...
...prion (see diagram). Unfortunately, prions can't be detected in a blood or tissue test; only their brain-riddling effect is apparent, and then usually just on autopsy. They can't be destroyed, moreover, by cooking or even by radiation. So if the BSE prion somehow did manage to enter the U.S. food supply, it might cause at least a few deaths before anyone could stop...
...from her typical persona as Doris Day is from Gladys Knight. This time she's Mary Fiore, a superefficient bridal manager who, minutes before the ceremony, can locate and subdue an absent father of the bride ("the FOB is MIA") but can't find a man for herself. Enter prince charming: Dr. Steve (Matthew McConaughey), who's handsome, funny and loves kids; he runs a local children's hospital. This being San Francisco, Steve must be gay, right? No, he's engaged--to a rich woman (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) whose wedding Mary is planning...
These are two good teams. They enter with a combined 17-game winning streak. The Super Bowl will be good this year. Deal with it, America...