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...Station did not have a permit to use fireworks, but the most intense scrutiny was directed at Great White, a largely forgotten hard-rock outfit that scored its biggest hit in 1989 with a cover of Ian Hunter's Once Bitten, Twice Shy. Through a lawyer, the owners of the Station said Great White's managers never informed the club that the band's act included pyrotechnics. And a co-owner said on Saturday the band did not ask for permission to use them...
...American public once again faces the prospect of combat in a foreign land, it is with an unease that will not go away. You can hear it if you talk to the early-dinner crowd at the Ocean Breeze Restaurant in famously bellwether Macomb County, Mich. Owner Tom Moragianis voted for President Bush but now is concerned that a prolonged engagement in Iraq could be a mortal blow to an already ailing economy. Or in Chattanooga, Tenn., where people fret that a nearby nuclear-power plant and the hydroelectric dam in the middle of town are being left vulnerable...
...prolonged engagement may be why half said the U.S. should stay in Iraq only as long as it takes to stabilize the country rather than undertake the much lengthier task of completely rebuilding it. "If it's long, it won't be good for anybody," says restaurant owner Moragianis, who adds that the real problems may start when the shooting stops. "There are a lot of different groups in Iraq and the [Muslim] world that are going to cause trouble for the American military...
...especially for the Children's Health & Executive Club (CHEC), a kids-only gym in Chicago. (The "executive" membership is for those who stay to do homework for two hours after the daily supervised two-hour physical routine.) "Schools have cut back on physical-education classes," says Sherry Drake, the owner of CHEC, which now has two other franchises. "Both the parents and the kids, some of whom are heavy and some of whom just want to move around, are looking for an outlet...
...Family friendly is the buzz phrase now," says Sandy Franco, co-owner of the 15,000-member Franco's Athletic Club in Mandeville, La., a suburb of New Orleans. "A lot more owners are realizing it's good business. Parents love it. And if you're a teen or preteen, your friends are there or you can be on your own. It's hip. And there are a million things...