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...rising tide of disinformation has prompted furious investors to send the SEC up to 300 e-mails every day complaining of one scam or another. That's why the agency has bulked up its CyberForce to 250 investigators, who prowl tip sites, chat rooms and other back roads on the Web. Another crew of 50 electronically monitors Internet fraud on the tech-heavy NASDAQ as well as other over-the-counter markets...
After evening performances, night owls can hit the hot-spot nightclubs and casinos. Throughout the day, they can prowl the 18th and Vine historic district and learn about jazz greats Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong at the Kansas City Jazz Museum, or drop by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum for another remarkable--and tumultuous--history lesson. --By Janet Kang...
...knows exactly how many tigers prowl Russia's taiga, the vast northern forest, but their numbers have dropped sharply in recent years, perhaps to no more than 350. The pressure on the animal intensified in the 1990s, after the Soviet Union collapsed and Chinese traders flowed across the newly porous border with Russia. In traditional Chinese medicine, tiger parts are reputed to have almost magical powers, and even though China has outlawed products made from the endangered cats, traders will pay Russian poachers big money for bones that will fetch $10,000 a lb. on Hong Kong's black market...
...wind of a serious plot against the U.S. embassy in Tirana, Albania, evacuated the facility and worked with Albanian authorities to corral the suspects. Last fall in Germany, local authorities arrested a man thought to be bin Laden's head of procurement in Europe, allegedly on the prowl for weapons of mass destruction. And earlier this month, acting on a tip, Jordan rounded up 13 terrorists with possible links to bin Laden who were plotting, says an Amman official, to blitz the U.S. embassy, Christ's baptismal place on the Jordan River and the tomb of Moses near Mount Nebo...
...Society's holiday dinner. "Everyone was very impressed," asserts one Signet member. "It's too bad there isn't more of a literary community here for [Josh]."... Hot Visitor Alert: Joe J. Green '00 has a hot friend visiting from Ireland, and Winthrop residents report he's on the prowl... Finally, G.G. '97 has graduated. Sorry if this column caused any confusion...