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...Haas said the recent spate of shootings has been notable because many of them occurred in the same geographical area—in most cases, in North Cambridge—at around the same time...
...early years of the Depression, in fact, were marked by repeated periods during which the economy seemed to stabilize, only to careen further downward - usually as the result of some new spate of bank failures. Since March, the economy has clearly been stabilizing, but there's no guarantee that trend will continue. The data lately have been mixed - today, durable-goods orders were up by more than expected, while new home sales were down by more than expected. So the Fed remains in a holding pattern, one that Goodfriend expects will continue for months...
...steadily built a presence around the city. On the edge of the city, vehicles laden with supplies destined for US and NATO troops, and the bridge they rumble across, have been attacked. Pilfered contents are open sale at Sitara Market, on the border with the Khyber tribal agency. A spate of kidnappings and murders have taken place in well-heeled neighborhoods. And even in the Lady Reading Hospital, where Zubair Khan and others injured were taken, doctors have been subject to threats. They now all wear the traditional shalwar kameez after the Taliban ordered them to abandon western clothing. (Read...
...meantime, the FDA has proposed a massive overhaul of the guidance it gives on drug use by pregnant women. Prompted by a spate of birth defects caused by thalidomide, the notorious morning-sickness drug, the agency since 1979 has classified drugs in one of five pregnancy-related categories, with A being the safest and X being the least necessary (like Accutane, an acne treatment associated with birth defects). Category B has pretty positive safety data, and D encompasses chemotherapy and other drugs whose benefits may outweigh the risks to the fetus. And then there's Category C, which covers...
Hurricanes and housing busts have already battered South Florida's image as an earthly paradise. But Miami's reputation for dysfunction is on display again this spring as the Obama Administration shifts health-care reform into high gear - and a spate of studies slams the Magic City as the poster child for exorbitant medical costs. This week the Milliman Medical Cost Index listed the 2008 average private-provider costs for a Miami family of four - $20,282 - as the highest among the 14 major U.S. cities it studied, adding that more than 40% of that amount came out of Miamians...