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...police and died after he was tragically impaled on a spiked fence; the rumor incited a group of 200 youths to throw home-made explosives at police, 40 of whom were injured in the melee. The late Saddam Hussein regularly spread rumors to discourage resistance to his dictatorship. In light of this, rumors that he possessed weapons of mass destruction may ironically have first originated from Hussein himself, as well as Hussein's opponents (like Ahmed Chalabi and other Iraqi defectors) who desired U.S. assistance in toppling...
...Though the strong investment returns and fundraising are good news for the University’s financial health, such growth could become a public relations liability in light of accusations from lawmakers, namely Senator Charles E. Grassley, that the nation’s wealthiest universities are hoarding money to build their endowments rather than spending more aggressively on financial...
...financial meltdown in the U.S. on Asia," says Dariusz Kowalczyk, chief investment strategist at CFC Seymour in Hong Kong. The continued financial chaos in the U.S., he says, raises fears in Asia that the American economy will experience a more protracted downturn. "There doesn't seem to be any light at the end of tunnel," Kowalczyk says...
...Senator Charles E. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, brought to light possible conflicts of interest in early June when he revealed that psychiatrists Joseph Biederman, Thomas J. Spencer, and Timothy E. Wilens of Harvard-affiliated Mass. General Hospital failed to report the full amount—totaling over $4 million—that they earned from drug companies over the last seven years, according to the senator’s investigation...
...starting to get light outside and soon we'll be able to see the full extent of the damage. Eventually, my parents will be able to go check on their beach house in Galveston County. From what we saw last night, it's probably under water. Their bulkhead was just six feet high, far too low to stop the storm surge. But it's hard not to feel relieved anyway. We're all safe, and it looks like my brother will get married after all, no tugboat required...