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...reason? The journalists, like the generals, the politicians and the lobbyists all know a major overhaul of the U.S. military is coming down the pike, but they don't know its shape or form. The only person who does is the Defense Secretary, and the stakeholders are desperately parsing everything that looks like a leak from his office. But Rumsfeld is playing his cards so close to his chest that the Senate Armed Forces Committee is threatening to delay ratifying Defense Department appointees to protest being kept in the dark...
...PIRG disagree. After conducting their own mercury tests, they have expanded the FDA list to include tuna, sea bass, Gulf Coast oysters, marlin, halibut, pike, walleye, white (Pacific) croaker and largemouth bass. According to a joint report from the groups, "The odds are greater than one in 1,000 that consumption of a single meal of these fish will expose the fetus to a potentially hazardous amount" of mercury. The report goes on to list "safe" fish, including farm-raised trout, farm-raised catfish, shrimp, fish sticks, summer flounder, wild Pacific salmon, croaker, mid-Atlantic blue crab and haddock...
This may all sound great, but there are a few hurdles. Putting a simple satellite into orbit--with no oxygen, life support or return trip necessary--already costs an astronomical $10,000 per lb. And that doesn't include the cost of insuring rich and possibly litigious passengers. John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists acerbically suggests the entire group of entrepreneurs trying to corner the space-tourism market have between them "just enough money to blow up one rocket...
...kind of looking at this report as coming from an outsider, since it wasn't from a staff analyst," notes TIME CIA correspondent Massimo Calabresi. "Nobody in the agency's quite sure what to do about it, but it certainly seems that no action is coming down the pike...
...Harvard thrashed Princeton in the semifinals, 6-3. Although Wyant lost to defending national champion Peter Yik 3-0 (17-16, 15-13, 15-8) for the second time in two weeks, the rest of Harvard's lineup carried the day. Witcher and Patterson won five-set thrillers, and Pike defeated Princeton No. 8 Harrison Gabel in three games...