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...providing counseling and information to those who request it. Physicians will be running information sessions on anthrax this week, but admit that the likelihood of an infection incident is low. “The risk of actually contracting anthrax is extraordinarily low, just because targets seem to be at government offices, not everyday folks,” Hennings said...
...Miguel Bautista pitches like he did against St. Louis in Game 3 (6 IP, 2 ER, 3 H), will the Braves win one of the first three games against the Diamondbacks? Discuss the likelihood of Randy Johnson turning around his awful postseason career (2-7, with seven losses in a row) against a surging—but bad—Braves team...
...Kakar, an influential tribal leader and politician in Quetta. "In other words, to catch Osama bin Laden, you don't have to burn all Afghanistan." Despite their grievances against the Taliban's brutish rule, Pashtuns would close ranks and rally to their fellow tribesmen against the U.S. In all likelihood, their forces would swell with zealots crossing over from Pakistan's madrasahs, or Koranic schools...
...huge 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...
...likelihood of terrorism seemed remote for several reasons. The flight originated in Israel, which meant its passengers would have been subjected to the most intense airport security in the world. And bringing the airliner down in mid-flight at 27,000 feet over the sea would be a tall order even for the Stinger missiles believed to have found their way into the hands of the Bin Laden network after the Afghan war. If the plane was indeed brought down by a missile, the odds favor at least a truck-mounted surface-to-air missile system beyond the known capability...