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...apply for a bogus line of credit. Credit companies make $1.3 trillion annually and lose less than 2% of that revenue to fraud, so there's little financial incentive for them to make the application process more secure. As it stands now, it's up to you to protect your identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Not Due | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...hear me now?" Not too well if you're using a cell phone near the top of Massachusetts' Mount Watatic. That's because state officials, eager to protect this pristine peak from unsightly antennas, agreed to buy it for $2.5 million last summer. In the town-by-town battle between improving cell-phone coverage and preserving precious skylines, few places have had the resolve--not to mention the resources--of Mount Watatic's neighbors. But such aversion to tower building is becoming the norm in cities and suburbs across the country. From Lakeland, Fla., to Winnetka, Ill., more and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Cellular's New Camouflage | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...systems, and the U.S. Air Force has just awarded its first contract to equip its cargo planes with such devices. But no commercial airline, with the possible exception of Israel's El Al, has been willing to spend the estimated $3 million per plane that it would take to protect its aircraft. U.S. officials believe such systems will have to be put on civilian airliners--especially if one is shot down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Realities Of Terror | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...Omen The U.S. Postal Service is stockpiling 1.6 million potassium iodide pills to give employees in order to protect them against thyroid cancer in the event of a nuclear attack

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...They may be in trouble. They have free speech rights to say whatever they want about me, but lawyers have an obligation to protect [due] process,” Dershowitz said. “And a part of my obligation is to file a complaint against them for abusive process...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Disciplinary Complaint Against Dershowitz Dismissed | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

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