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Magma fuels??a string of volcanoes in the Cascade Range, including Mount St. Helens...
...applicants' credit histories, up from 19% in 1996, according to the Society for Human Resource Management, an HR trade group. Why? Companies figure that folks with decent financials are less likely to pilfer and that good management of personal finances translates into responsibility on the job. As security concerns mount and technology makes it easier to run checks, more companies are jumping on board...
...without having to mark up your walls with pencil lines, which are necessary with old-fashioned manual levels. But beware: some models stick to the wall with tape or pins that leave holes or marks that are just as annoying to cover up as pencil. Look for levels that mount with a suction cup, like the Ryobi AIRgrip Laser Level ($40), above...
...colleges and universities offer homeland-security studies much as, decades ago, national-security programs sprang up to address the issues of the cold war. Community colleges--already in the business of training fire fighters, police officers and medical technicians to deal with hurricanes and earthquakes--were first to mount new certification programs tailored to unnatural disasters. Four-year institutions quickly followed. Last fall San Diego State launched an interdisciplinary master's degree in homeland security, attracting students from nursing, criminal justice and political science. The University of Southern California is offering an online master's in system safety and security...
Combs survived a hard childhood in Mount Vernon, N.Y.; a senseless bicoastal rap war in the 1990s that probably cost the life of his best friend, top Bad Boy performer Christopher (Biggie Smalls) Wallace; and a 2001 gun-possession trial, which ended in acquittal, before acquiring his mainstream profits. And he's not finished. Bolstered by a $100 million investment from Los Angeles supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle, Combs signed a licensing deal with Estée Lauder to launch a men's fragrance next fall. This summer he opened a Sean John retail store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. More stores...