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...Alexander's Ragtime Band"). He wrote the most popular song in history ("White Christmas") and the longest-lived pop anthem ("God Bless America"). A one-man synthesis of American assimilation, he helped define American pop with three other gents from all over the map: New York Jew Al Jolson, Omaha German-American Fred Astaire and Tacoma, Wash., Catholic Bing Crosby...
...WARREN BUFFETT has turned value investing into an art form, piling up the world's second largest individual fortune and persuading millions to mimic the low-tech, buy-and-hold style of stock picking he practices at BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY. When a financial firm needs a bailout, the "Oracle of Omaha" usually gets a call. His investment rescued bond-trading powerhouse Salomon Brothers in the early '90s. Buffett, 71, is now active in efforts to get federal backing for insurers exposed to losses in future terror attacks...
...Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, warns, "When the economy begins to slow down, the staffing industry feels it first." But the dearth of baby-bust workers (born between 1965 and '76) may help counter the bad news. Besides, says Ann Kelleher, president of Mature Resources, an Omaha, Neb., staffing company, special factors may insulate older temp workers, especially highly skilled ones. "We see companies really valuing the work that experienced older workers bring to the table," she says, especially their conscientiousness and judgment...
Just when Americans were starting to calm down about air travel, Subash Gurung decided to fly from Chicago to Omaha, Neb. The jobless Nepalese man, here on an expired visa, got through security at O'Hare airport last week with five knives, a stun gun and a container marked TEAR GAS/PEPPER SPRAY. After a search at the gate uncovered the weapons, Gurung was arrested but soon released on bond. He was taken into custody only when he returned to O'Hare to pick up another bag, filled with more knives. And in the story's grim punch line...
...House of Representatives running for cover at the first hint of a problem in their own backyard. Their actions were deplorable, and they not only let down those who look to them for leadership; they also gave a victory to our enemies. Shame on them all. BONNIE SCHWEID Omaha...