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Finding a receptive jury shouldn't be hard. The area around Coeur d'Alene is a wonderland of snow-capped mountains, turquoise lakes and trout-filled streams. The region is a magnet for families fleeing congested cities-Kootenai County is one of the state's fastest-growing areas-but civic leaders feel that its allure to industry and tourism has been marred by its association with Butler's Aryans. "No one's calculated how much revenue's been lost," says Jonathan Coe, president of Coeur d'Alene's Chamber of Commerce. With 33,000 people, the city recorded 11 hate...
...Media Metrix and Jupiter Communications helps explain Goosehead's appeal. Since 1999 the number of teen girls online has more than doubled, to 4.4 million. And for the first time in the U.S., more women are logging on than men. While the percentage of teen girls is increasing the fastest, women 55 and older are a close second. What's the lure? Girls chat on sites like teen.com and cosmogirl.com while working moms save time shopping at sites like babygear.com and walgreens.com Older women frequent health and family sites, such as merck-medco.com and familyhistory.com...
...After the crash, Air France asserted, perhaps prematurely, that the crash was due not to any wing problem, like sneaking cracks, but to an exploding engine. That makes it the fastest investigation on record. They have not grounded the fleet beyond a thorough maintenance check, which on these delicate birds, with their 30-year-old technology, will be expensive...
...scientists who believe that HIV and AIDS may not be related. That kind of thinking generally gets researchers laughed off as flat-earthers, but the stakes are much higher for Mbeki, who is the leader of a country engaged in a fierce campaign against one of the world's fastest rates of infection. Never mind that the Clinton Administration once championed him as one of the key architects of an African renaissance. "South Africa," enthused Vice President Al Gore last year, "is blessed with a leader in Thabo Mbeki who has been speaking out forcefully, boldly and often [on AIDS...
Despite the top-notch effort, Taylor was only fourth out of the six athletes in her heat. After running in the first heat, Taylor had to wait to see if she would move on, as only the top two in each heat and the next six fastest times earned berths in the semifinals. When all five heats were finished, her time turned out to be the eleventh-fastest overall, securing her a spot in the next day's semifinals...