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...that neither the government nor industry wanted to make this change. But the Air Transport Association has met with the FAA and Department of Transportation to argue that federalizing airport security may be the only answer. "This was an attack on national security, and that inherently is a government function," says Mike Wascom, spokesman for the A.T.A. The public agrees, according to the new TIME/CNN poll...
...rooms and hallways of the burn unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital are heated to 85[degrees] F. For the most severely burned, that's still not warm enough; with so much skin scorched away, the body can no longer keep up the temperature that internal organs need to function...
Thomas J. Ridge ’67, the Republican governor of Pennsylvania, will serve as the head of the newly-formed office—a post that Bush said Thursday night will function as a Cabinet-level position and will report directly to the president...
...bull market roared, these annuities are suddenly gaining some respect for the security they offer. The deal: for a lump-sum premium, you get a guaranteed monthly income that starts immediately and continues for as long as you live--just like a pension. "This is an extremely important function that is not obtainable under any other strategy," says Mark Warshawsky, director of research for TIAA-CREF, the largest U.S. educational retirement fund. "There is a useful place for this in people's portfolios...
...station on the site, free, and upload MP3s containing as many songs as you want. You can replace old MP3s with new ones to keep the flow of music fresh, or allow the same selections to repeat ad infinitum. Laws designed to ensure that Web radio can't function as a Napsterish file-sharing system forbid you to broadcast chunks of an album or a lot of tracks from one artist within a short period of time. However, just about any other narrower format is fair game. Computer technician and percussionist Amilcar Carvalho, of Brockton, Mass., who runs a Live365...