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...Over the past ten years peroxide-based explosives have popped up in a number of terror operations, according to FBI-DHS report. "Terrorist have used peroxide-based explosive both as a main charge (weighing in excess of 20 pounds) and improvised detonators," the joint assessment states. "TATP was popularized as a main charge explosive in suicide bombs used by Palestinian terrorist groups...
...being Madonna, she's not going into Malawi quietly. She has already promised to raise at least $3 million to fund programs that would mostly help orphans there (another thing Malawi has in excess, thanks to AIDS. Of its population of about 13 million, 1 million are children who have lost at least one parent). Ground will soon be broken on an orphan-care center, which aims initially to feed and educate at least 1,000 children a day. She's financing--to the tune of about $1 million--a documentary about the plight of Malawian children...
...lamps come with all the health risks of natural sunlight, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. They emit some vitamin-D-- inducing UVB rays, which in excess cause sunburns and skin cancer, and many more UVA rays, which cause wrinkles and can lead to skin cancer...
Even if the B-sample ratio is also high, some antidoping experts say that could mean that Landis' body produced excess testosterone on its own. "We know there is a small percentage of the population who are going to have a natural production of testosterone that is above the norm," says Dine. Another possible explanation lies in what Landis consumed the night before his 125-mile comeback: he has admitted to trying to erase the worst performance of his career by downing some whiskey. Medical research has linked alcohol with an elevated T/E ratio...
...greed roars back into fashion. For fall, designers are layering on leggings, wide belts and baggy sweaters. "Leggings give everything a sleek, modern look," says Ken Downing, fashion director of Neiman Marcus. But are you ready to revive the Flashdance look? "It's easy to romanticize a time when excess was a part of everyday life," says designer Cynthia Rowley. So turn up that disco beat and push up your sleeves...