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Unless you're a shark gourmand, the disappearance of such lethal beasts might not seem like a bad thing. For marine life, however, it could be a disaster. Despite their ferocity, sharks ensure a kind of order in the oceans. Sitting at the top of the food chain, they keep other large predators in check, regulating who gets to eat whom and who gets to survive and thrive. Want to preview an ocean after the sharks have gone? Picture Yugoslavia after the Soviets: a bloodbath. "We know from studying lakes that top predators have disproportionate effects on their ecosystems," says...
...called tricyclic antidepressant drugs popular in the 1960s, for example, boosted the activity of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, and two other neurotransmitters, active throughout the body. That often relieved depression but caused side effects, including overwhelming sleepiness, blurred vision and dizziness. The drugs also proved potentially lethal when taken in overdose...
...military base in Heidelberg. Medellin In Colombia, a car bomb placed near the office of a regional prosecutor killed at least four people and injured 30. Police blamed guerrillas. Moscow A court began hearing 61 lawsuits claiming $59 million in compensation for deaths and injuries caused by lethal gas used during the October theater siege. Harare Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe denied reports that he would give up power. But the head of the armed forces admitted the country was in crisis...
...Yongbyon reactor, the Pentagon drafted plans for strikes to take out North Korea's key nuclear-production sites. Pentagon officials say the plan has recently been reviewed and modified, but few believe any American President would ever authorize it. An attack on Pyongyang's nuclear facilities could spread lethal radiation over China, Japan and South Korea and trigger a hellacious North Korean counterattack. The regime boasts a standing army of 1 million troops--the world's fourth largest--with an estimated 4.7 million more in reserve. It also keeps a massive store of artillery shells and hundreds of Scud missiles...
SENTENCED. DAVID WESTERFIELD, 50, convicted of last year's kidnapping and murder of Danielle van Dam, 7, in which he snatched her from her bedroom; to death by lethal injection; in San Diego...