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...States Superconducting Supercollider, which was designed to search for the Higgs, was abruptly canceled by Congress. In 2000, scientists at a previous CERN accelerator, LEP, said they were on the verge of discovering the particle when, again, funding dried up. And now there's the LHC. Originally scheduled to start operating in 2006, it has been hit with a series of delays and setbacks, including a sudden explosion between two magnets nine days after the accelerator was first turned on, the arrest of one of its contributing physicists on suspicion of terrorist activity and, most recently, the aerial bread bombardment...
...want at least $13.4 a share; many analysts think they should hold out for more. But in the absence of a rival bidder, Kraft's proposal - which still offers a premium of 26% over Cadbury's share price prior to the company's initial approach in September - may start to look more appetizing. After all, short-term investors have poured into Cadbury shares in recent weeks. Rather than see Kraft walk away, many will be hoping to cut a deal. (See the top 10 food trends...
Moon made it to the heads-up finale with a string of improbable TKOs, including one of highly touted pro Phil Ivey, who went out in seventh place, and then Begleiter. Those two knockouts came in rapid succession, and both times Moon held ace-queen, was behind at the start and then got just the card he needed. In Ivey's case, Moon faced an ace-king but won when he paired his queen. In Begleiter's case, Moon faced a pair of queens and won when he paired his ace. Says Little: "He was getting better-than-average distribution...
...remember she just looked at the team and said, ‘This wasn’t good enough. I’m tired of building. We need to start performing,’” Nichols said. “She brought her passion to that game and I was really proud...
...week that the world has "oil reserves of about 40 years at current demands." "It is not so easy to supply the world," Darricarrère said in an interview in south Yemen, where the company just opened a liquefied natural-gas plant. "We will reach a plateau and start to decline." He said that expanding access to alternative-energy options like electric cars and solar panels will only "add some years to the end" of the world's oil reserves...