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...package of potential targets next headed down the Potomac from the CIA to the Pentagon basement, home to the Joint Staff's directorate for targets and from there to the U.S. European Command in Germany and to NATO. All were charged with making sure that any bombs that went astray would do scant harm. No one raised an alarm...
...HOME IMPROVEMENT Last week brought encouraging news for older Americans who would like to stay in their homes but have difficulty getting around in them. A new study in the Archives of Family Medicine shows that simple household modifications such as installing ramps, lowering cabinets and removing throw rugs--along with the use of such support devices as canes and walkers--can let frail elders remain independent at home. And the cost of these changes can be as little as one-fourth the price of in-home assistance, or a move to a nursing home. --By Daniel S. Levy
...STEALING HOME Sharp entrepreneurs have made a business out of selling information about foreclosed homes, promising to provide tips on bargains for a "small fee." Save your money. Finding these distressed properties has become easier now that the Department of Housing and Urban Development is listing a wide selection of foreclosed homes on the Web www.hud.gov) You can search the site by state. Just be sure to inspect the home before making a bid, so you don't end up buying someone else's problem...
TELEVISION SERIES HOME IMPROVEMENT...
...unanimous rulings Monday relating to such coverage by the Washington Post and the Cable News Network, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is a violation of the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches "for police to bring members of the media or other third parties into a home during the execution" of a search or arrest warrant, if allowing such outsiders to tag along into the home is "not in aid of the execution" of the warrant. Though aimed at police for overstepping their authority, the ruling scores a direct hit on picture-hungry journalists. The requests of news...