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...pulled off another attack on the scale of 9/11 anywhere in the world. A 2007 study by Canada's Simon Fraser University found the global death toll from terrorist attacks has substantially decreased since 2001. While al-Qaeda plots do sometimes succeed - like the double-agent operation that killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan last month - they have become, Rand terrorism expert Brian Jenkins points out, less frequent and less potent...
...Because I have a form of bipolar depression in which the manias are hard to detect, I went through a series of doctors who misdiagnosed me. I was exhibiting symptoms of bipolar disorder in college - and seeing a few psychiatrists - but it wasn't until 10 years and seven doctors later that I was diagnosed...
...health, getting out of the house and working some, and getting enough sleep and rest. The brutal combination of isolation and sleep deprivation is a recipe for mental illness for new moms. There have been studies showing that in the first few weeks after giving birth, new mothers are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for mental illness as moms with older children...
Under the 28-year-old's watch, militant attacks in Pakistan have soared since October, even as the army has waged an offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan tribal region. Mehsud also appeared on a recent video with the Jordanian militant who killed seven CIA employees in a December suicide attack in Afghanistan...
...bigger obstacle for pawnshop owners is legislation. The three public pawnshop companies also make so-called payday loans: short-term loans, typically seven to 30 days in length, that are not backed by merchandise. The loans typically carry interest rates of 10% to 20% for a two-week term, which translates into an annual percentage rate exceeding 300%. Industry experts say the APR is just theoretical since payday loans are meant to be very short term, lasting only until the borrower's next paycheck. Even so, a number of states, like Ohio, are imposing caps on the rates...