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...danger, however, has been overstated. According to the Federation of American Scientists, fallout from a bomb exploding in New York City that contained a 12-in. pencil-shaped rod of cobalt (like those used in food-irradiation machines) might increase the long-term risk of death from cancer in Manhattan by 1 in 100. This may seem a scary number until you consider that you face roughly a 1 in 4 risk of dying from some form of cancer anyway. Essentially, the danger jumps from a 25% risk to 26%. Over most of the contaminated area, the increased cancer risk...
...concerns about possible money laundering that got regulators so interested in Tyco. In January the New York State banking department alerted the Manhattan D.A.'s office that a wire transfer of almost $4 million had been made from a Tyco bank account in Pittsburgh, Pa., to the New York City bank account of art dealer Alexander Apsis, who in turn moved much of the money to an account in the Bahamas. The D.A. had briefly investigated Tyco three years ago, looking into whether a Tyco director had fraudulently sold his $2.5 million Florida home to the company's general counsel...
...newsmagazine: to record history by seeing it through its most important personalities. To celebrate 75 years of Person of the Year and to launch a traveling exhibition that will tour the country, TIME and sponsor Scudder Investments threw a party last week at the U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, where we gathered many of the past cover subjects and, in some cases, their descendants. This was one party where you didn't need that photographer who could produce a framed picture of your face in a Person of the Year cover...
...Manhattan supreme court Judge Ira Gammerman holds a vaunted legal position, but what he really wants to do is direct--or so it seemed last week as he presided over a trial in which WOODY ALLEN is suing his former producer, Jean Doumanian, for $12 million he says he is owed for films they made together. At one point Gammerman interrupted Allen's rambling testimony, admonishing, "I'm the director here." When Allen mentioned the year he made his first movie, Gammerman jumped in with the name of the film (Take the Money and Run). Indeed, Allen's testimony would...
ROLL 'EM UP Laptop computers are practical tools--especially for business travelers--but pecking at their shrunken keyboards can be a pain. Enter the Manhattan True-Touch Roll-Up keyboard ($35). This laptop accessory is the same size as a full-fledged desktop keyboard but is encased in New Age flexible plastic that can be rolled up like a newspaper. Now if they could only perfect those roll-up screens...