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When Ilya Blokhin, a surgeon heading downtown to his job in a private Moscow clinic, heard what sounded like a firecracker go off on his metro train last Friday, a commuter near him muttered, "I'll be late for work." It turned out to be far worse than that. A blast ripped through the second car of a packed train at the height of the morning rush hour. Within minutes, at least 39 people were dead and 134 injured. Wreckage and human remains were spread along 50 meters of the tunnel. "We're taking out the dead, or what...
...society, as opposed to somebody from Mars.") And he's a busy enough man as it is, which he happily underscores by handing me a copy of a Crain's New York Business article listing the Trump Organization as by far the largest privately held company in the metro area. He keeps a stack of the articles on his desk as you might a dish of mints. Long before Paris Hilton was a gleam in an infrared camera's eye, Trump lived by the dictum that you can never be too rich or too exposed to the media...
Starting this week, cell-phone users will finally be able to keep their old numbers if they change carriers. If you're making a switch, there are some points you should bear in mind. At first only customers in the 100 largest U.S. metro areas can switch; others must wait until May. Make sure you're free of the contract that binds you to your old service: if you modified a plan or bought a phone in the past 12 months, you're probably still under contract, and breaking it could cost you $150. Don't cancel your existing service...
...Right now, only customers in the 100 largest U.S. metro areas can switch. If you?re town is smaller than Fort Wayne, IN, you must wait until May. Make sure you?re free of your carrier?s contract. If you?ve modified a plan or purchased a phone during the last 12 months, you?re probably under contract. Breaking it, even a month from its end, could cost you $150. Call your current provider to find out; don?t expect your prospective carrier to know - or care - about your contract...
...Dynamo Zizkov FC (members.lycos.co.uk/dynamozizkov), founded five years ago by soccer-mad Brits, is the best-known amateur club. Serious drop-ins are welcome at the weekly practice sessions. Tuesdays, from 8 p.m. on the Astroturf pitch behind the primary school at n?mest? Jir?ho z Lobkovic 121/22, Prague 3 (Metro: Green line, Skalka stop...