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...Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut, you see, was in grave danger of being forgotten. Sure, the Republican-run House was marching faithfully onward, passing the overall budget resolution by a party-line vote Wednesday and two parts of the Bush tax cut - the marriage-penalty reduction and the doubling of the child-care tax credit - on Thursday. Then the Ways and Means Committee went and did likewise with estate-tax repeal...
...meat. Consumers on both sides of the Atlantic, who want their meat products on the shelves but would like them free of pathogens, thank you, are generally in favor of whatever it takes to keep the disease in check. "Because this virus spreads very fast, and because of its grave consequences," says Alfonzo Torres, a USDA deputy administrator, "it's one of the livestock diseases we dread most...
ACQUITTED. JOHN GILLIGAN, Irish crime boss; of ordering the 1996 murder of journalist Veronica Guerin; in Dublin. Guerin, who had been investigating Gilligan's dealings, was fatally shot in her car. Despite "grave suspicions" of his guilt, a three-judge panel cleared Gilligan of murder but convicted him on 11 drug counts and gave him a 28-year sentence...
...apparent Bush policy to abandon our efforts to improve North Korean relations is one that is misguided and will only serve to exacerbate tensions on an already nervous peninsula. It will also bring grave dangers for the North Korean people, who have endured a series of deadly famines because of the policies of their dictatorial government and their limited access to the outside world...
With the funeral march of negative headlines--dwindling corporate profits, massive layoffs and a slowing economy--it's no wonder many budding investors are probably balking at buying even one mutual fund. Making a $2,500 investment in a declining market may seem like dropping money into a grave. But here's a way to resurrect your sinking spirits: think small. You can invest in a stock fund for a few hundred dollars or less...