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...production," says Craig Reinarman, a sociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who has long studied cocaine. But since cocaine is illegal, there's no easy way to remove levamisole from the supply chain. Law enforcement could instead target large purchasers, possibly putting pressure on dealers to switch to other cuts. (See the top 10 news stories...
...career." In recent weeks, several Democratic Congressmen announced their retirement, while another, Parker Griffith of Alabama, defected to the Republicans. It's not just blue dominoes: as many as 20 Republican lawmakers have said they will not run for re-election. While not all seats are likely to switch parties--Connecticut, for instance, will probably remain solidly Democratic--the departures are viewed as a sign of the difficulties facing President Obama's party...
...market. But when it comes to more restrictions on the way large Wall Street firms like Goldman do business, Blankfein said there were already too many constraints. He said that since his firm began to be regulated by the Federal Reserve and not the Securities and Exchange Commission - a switch that happened when Goldman became a bank-holding company in late 2008 - the oversight of his firm had increased to a level that, given all that had happened, seemed right. "Perhaps there should have been more [regulation] than there was before September 2008," he said in response to a question...
...carry-on will do the trick. But if you're not, once you check in a bag, you are adding 13% to the ticket cost; 31% if you add a second bag. If you can't use a carry-on, you essentially become the victim of a bait and switch tactic, since the airlines never name their baggage fees in the fare quotes you get on Travelocity, Expedia and other travel sites. (See 50 essential travel tips...
...Balawi, a seemingly trusted agent, switch sides? The Jordanian intelligence sources who spoke to TIME speculate that al-Balawi had become enraged at the Americans for killing a high number of civilians in their hunt for al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. And al-Balawi, who felt partly responsible for these deaths because of his role in pointing out the targeted villages in which al-Qaeda militants had been hiding, may have been consumed by guilt. "It's very possible that he decided to take revenge for the death of these Muslim civilians," says a senior Jordanian official. (See pictures...