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Researchers at Stanford University report that they may be able to make that decision easier. After analyzing the dozens of factors that fertility specialists consider when helping couples conceive, the Stanford researchers whittled down the list to the four most powerful predictors of an IVF pregnancy: the total number of embryos that a couple produces during a cycle, the number of embryos that survive to the eight-cell stage, the percentage of embryos that stop dividing and a woman's level of the follicle-stimulating hormone. What surprised the study's authors was that these measures appeared to be more...
...dissembling seems to be Mr. Israel’s forte, and on the day he was supposed to report to prison to begin serving a 20-year sentence, he chose instead to plunge himself into the center of one of the most widely covered manhunts since O.J. Simpson and his white Bronco hightailed it down Interstate...
...executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which, as Ground Zero's landlord, is just one of the 19 government bureaucracies with a say in rebuilding the World Trade Center. On Monday he gave New York governor David Paterson a progress report. The best thing to do, he said over 34 pages, is scrap the budget and timeline for the whole project...
...becoming a metaphor for America's sluggish response to our economic challenges. The nation's levees are failing. So are its sewage systems, which the environmental group American Rivers estimates will need about $390 billion worth of upgrades in the next 20 years. A recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce report reveals a litany of other problems: an overloaded rail infrastructure that needs new tracks, signals systems, tunnels and bridges. Ports that need dredging, canal locks that need replacing. While China is spending nearly 9% of its GDP - a massive investment - on infrastructure, Americans lose $9 billion a year in productivity...
...However, the decision to discontinue the investigation ultimately lies with the lead prosecutor, not with police. On Tuesday afternoon, Portugal's attorney general, Fernando Pinto Monteiro, said in a statement that the case continues to be assessed. The final report from the police has been delivered to the public prosecutors and "will be the object of careful analysis and consideration" before a final ruling is made. He said the case would remain covered by judicial secrecy laws until mid-August...