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...relic of the wild frontier past that allows mines to stake claims on almost any federal land. Since the law's enactment in 1872, the U.S. government has given away more than $245 billion in mineral reserves through patenting or royalty-free mining, says Rep. Nick Rahall, the West Virginia Democrat who is behind the new bill. Compare that, he says, to the $35 billion the Treasury has reaped from coal, oil and gas produced on federal lands between 1994 and 2001 alone. "So with that scenario," says Rahall, "we are indeed Uncle Sucker...
...Lehigh Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa. After Round 1, the Crimson stood tied for fifth with Birmingham after shooting a score of 328, with none of the five players carding better than 80. Sophomore Peter Singh led Harvard on Day 1 with a round of 80. Sophomores Greg Shuman and Nick Moseley each recorded opening-round scores of 82. Captain Michael Shore and freshman Louis Amira shot 84 and 85, respectively. “The tournament did not go as hoped,” Shore said. “We saw some improvement on the second day, and it was pretty...
...than AIDS; that the killer bug is alarmingly more widespread than anyone thought; that it's in your kids' locker rooms and at your gym. Stories abound of young high-school athletes becoming infected with MRSA and dying within weeks, and you're starting to worry about whether that nick or scrape you just got could be your last...
...lint roller. A layer of white dust, the remnants of the sacrificial teddy bear, covers everything in the room. The design must be clean so it can be fitted to the model, who is soon to arrive. Hays and her model arrive at the Sanctum in the nick of time, the latter looking like an alien from the Elizabethan era. The result is beautiful...
About to head over to Europe in continued support of their critically-acclaimed new album “Boxer,” The National managed to show just what all the hype’s about. With Berninger’s burly pipes channeling the lonely knell of Nick Cave, the lyrical moroseness was palpable in the dark nightclub...