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Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) has four kids she hardly ever sees and dozens of convictions for snorting paint thinner. Now she is pregnant again, and an exasperated judge has told her to get an abortion or go to jail. That's enough to make Ruth a human placard for rival...
Even sites that begin as administrative labor-savers tend to evolve into specialized academic tools for the course being taught. Bribiescas says the Science B-29 web site included an innovative way to prepare for tests. Old tests were uploaded to web pages and students could take mock tests by...
In some circles the techno-bashing Unabomber has become a cultural hero. Nowhere is that irony more apparent than on the technological frontier of the Internet. There, copies of the manifesto are as abundant as flame wars. One site offers a Unabomber theme song, another invites people to attend an...
The fear is most widespread in Russia. The Russian Central Bank estimates that somewhere between $15 billion and $20 billion of U.S. currency is in Russia, about 80% of it in the form of $100 bills. Everyone from small savers to businessmen to members of the Mafia relies on hundreds...
Moving to assuage panic about the redesign of the $100 note, a U.S. Treasury Department spokesman held a news conference--in Moscow. Jittery Russian savers, oft burned by the unstable ruble and corrupt banks, hold $15 billion in U.S. cash, most in $100 bills, and up to $200 million in...