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Under the multiplication rule, if one probe gave odds of one in 20 and a second gave odds of one in five, the total odds reported were...
Those were some of the mysteries that tantalized investigators on three continents last week as they continued to probe the deaths of 53 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, an apocalyptic religious cult, in Switzerland and Canada two weeks ago. One question was answered: Luc Jouret, 46, the spiritual leader of the cult, was among those whose bodies were found in three burned ski chalets in Granges-sur-Salvan, east of Geneva. Jouret's charred remains, along with those of co-leader Joseph di Mambro, 70, were identified from dental records. The finding ended an international manhunt...
...whether he had been fully candid about the payments in pre-nomination statements to the FBI. The move could lead to the appointment of an independent counsel. Cisneros said that under the strict standards of federal ethics law, the Justice Department had no other choice than to open a probe, but he reiterated his contention that the investigation would uncover no wrongdoing...
Well-functioning Venus probe makes NASA look good for a change...
...Justice Department is investigating allegations of price fixing and other anticompetitive behavior on the national over-the-counter stock market. The probe follows about a dozen lawsuits filed in July that charge that some of Wall Street's largest brokers, including Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Alex Brown, have an unspoken agreement to fatten profits by charging excessive spreads on NASDAQ stocks. The effect: slightly higher prices for consumers when they buy stocks, and slightly lower prices when they sell. NASDAQ denies any price fixing, maintaining that the spread is determined by the forces of supply and demand for each...