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...ever accused Americans of ignoring a good health scare. Recent reports connecting cell phone use with brain cancer have led many of us to walk around looking like absolute lunatics, babbling into tiny microphones or gingerly holding their ostensibly radiation-emitting phones as far away from their bodies as possible...
...Scare talk about oil prices will probably reach a peak this winter. Colder than usual temperatures are forecast for North America, and inventories of home heating oil and natural gas are at what the U.S. Energy Department calls "alarmingly low levels." That's the classic formula for a price spike that could quickly drive the cost of oil above $40 per bbl., a level that, if sustained for any significant length of time, could inflict considerable damage on the U.S. and global economies. O.K., that's the scare-your-pants-off scenario. At the moment, though, most experts are more...
...scare stories to pass, though, cooperation from OPEC is essential. The only problem with this notion is that many countries in the 11-member organization feel short of cash, a hangover from the time, only two years ago, when oil was selling at close to $10 per bbl. That cost such major producer countries as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Venezuela tens of billions of dollars in revenue and has left OPEC wary of increasing supplies beyond the 3.7 million bbl. a day it has released onto the world market so far this year...
...ECAC, teams don't really scare us," Francisco said. "We know our opponents and what we're up against. But none of us has ever played UMD. We know they're talented, but we won't know a lot about them until we step...
...Bush tries to build his administration in a hurry this winter without setting off any partisan alarms, he could use a moderate-looking energy secretary who won't scare the environmentalists, somebody who isn't promising a derrick in every nature preserve. And he'll be looking for Democrats wherever he can fit them in. Breaux fills the bill. But don't expect him to take...