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Soaring gas prices? Perfect timing for those impervious to market fluctuations--and eager to show it--to snap up the Unimog. The ultimate in suvs, the $84,000 behemoth gets 10 m.p.g. and scoffs at quaint notions like a recession or an energy crisis. Indeed, when DaimlerChrysler began showcasing it last fall in the U.S. through its Freightliner division (until this year the Mog has been available only in Europe and Asia), the Sierra Club dubbed it "Daimlersaurus Wrecks." But, hey, it's more intimidating than the Hummer and more versatile. Each truck can be customized from its bare chassis...
...With the value of existing plants rising dramatically, companies like Exelon and Entergy can no longer snap them up on the cheap. That's a rationale for building new ones. If that were to happen, though, Wall Street could lose its radioactive crush. The past generation of nuclear plants ran way over budget, taking more than a decade to finish and ultimately costing around $5 billion each. Back then, utilities could tack that onto customers' bills. But today shareholders may not be happy to take that risk...
...presence of mental illness may help explain why some kids snap when faced with the usual torments of adolescence and others don't. Of course, some kids consider their vexations extraordinary. Carneal, who at the time of his crime was a freshman who got picked on for his small stature and quiet manner, told a psychiatrist that he felt going to prison would be better than continuing to endure the bullying in school...
...ClubPhoto.com Solid site makes it a snap to download images to Palm computers
...Still, retooling Kodak won't be a snap. Consumers can be more selective with digital cameras, previewing their shots and paying for only the prints they really like. And for the moment, at least, they seem content to leave many of them as pixels. "There's a digital void right now," says Howard Lee, CEO of Photoworks, one of the leading online photo processors. "Many people are using their digital cameras but not printing much out." If that doesn't change, Kodak may soon end up like so many of its devoted customers years after a great vacation, combing through...