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Privacy advocates have criticized the use of face-recognition systems on unsuspecting crowds at the 2000 Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla. The likelihood of a mismatch is high when people are moving or lighting is dim. But that's not a deterrent for most businesses. One million account holders have already opted to use face recognition for check cashing at Wells Fargo ATMs. Illinois uses the technology to check for fraudulent multiple licenses among 8 million driver's-license holders, as does West Virginia. And IBM has installed a portal system, with a metal detector in the door, to prevent...
...those who saw burning bodies fall from windows, witnessed the collapse of the towers or lost a relative in the attacks, the likelihood of depression and even clinical post-traumatic stress disorder is very high. More than 5,600 students were evacuated from eight schools near the World Trade Center and relocated onto new campuses, some in distant neighborhoods. The logistic hassles and the uncertainty about the future serve to increase their distress. Catie Prendergast, 10, sipping a chocolate milk shake outside her new school two weeks ago, confessed that on a recent night "I had a dream that...
...American baby-boom generation approach retirement?and after the searing market drop this year and last?they will be looking for less risky investments. Dividend-paying stocks are just the thing. They tend to hold up better in weak markets because they guarantee income and yet preserve the likelihood of capital gains in a recovery. High yields may also signal value. The popular Dogs of the Dow strategy calls for buying the five highest yielding Dow stocks each year?usually the five whose prices have been beaten down the most. Results weren't great in the booming '90s but should...
...even among causes of death that we don't bring on ourselves, anthrax does not rate as a killer. 20,000 people die every year from influenza. That's a big killer. Even your regular lunch break poses more of a risk on your life than anthrax: The likelihood of getting hit by a car while crossing the street, or being killed by a drive-by shooter, or being struck by lightning, or dying from the smoke and exhaust we inhale every day, are much more real threats on our lives...
...Does this mean that you don't walk to lunch or drive downtown? Of course not, because you realize the likelihood of these events is sufficiently small so that you're not too worried (except in certain exceedingly rough, urban areas, where people should be appropriately cautious...