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...assessors across the country have seen an uptick in the number of homeowners challenging their homes' appraisal value. The Wall Street Journal reported that in St. Tammany Parish, La., 15,000 residents - instead of the usual 500 - requested a review of their 2008 tax bills. And the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Cuyahoga County, which has about 1,300 foreclosures a month, saw three times as many appeals in 2007 compared with previous tax cycles. (See pictures of Cleveland's housing crisis...
...fuss over this particular mosquito's mating call? First off, the findings, published in the Jan. 9 issue of the journal Science, dispel a few former assumptions about A. aegypti's behavior: that the female is deaf and a passive participant in the mating ritual and that the male cannot hear frequencies above 1,000 Hz. In fact, the Cornell researchers have established that both the male and female of this subtropical species can detect frequencies as high as 2,000 Hz and that they are equal participants in the courtship process...
USAGE: "A recent study in the journal Pediatrics notes: 'Children are especially susceptible to thirdhand smoke exposure because they breathe near, crawl and play on, touch and mouth contaminated surfaces.'" --Chicago Tribune...
...whole leave-the-country-in-one-piece-when-you-exit-office thing. Furthermore, the populace outside the Ivory Tower seems to agree. Last December, a USA-Today Gallup poll indicated that 67 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush’s job as President, and a NBC-Wall Street Journal poll reported that a mere 18 percent of Americans will miss him when he leaves office...
...Time, Ignatius oversaw the magazine’s business and international coverage. He previously worked as the editor of Time Asia and as a bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal...