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Come Thanksgiving he won't have to. On June 6 a federal appeals court ruled that cell-phone subscribers should be allowed to hold on to their existing phone number when they switch providers, handing consumers a major victory in a seven-year battle between the wireless industry and federal regulators. There's a chance that Congress will extend the deadline for compliance, but industry experts agree that the so-called number-portability rule will probably take effect...
...Another indicator is a sign at the KBGC. Instead of hectoring members to switch off their mobiles, it simply asks for phones to be put on silent mode. No Chinese will be parted from his cellular, so that one small sign tells a long story of cultural accommodation. "I mean no disrespect to the locals," says Gawler, "but they're not really as sociable as the expats. They don't get drunk and that. A lot of them come in here, pour themselves a glass of water, read the paper and go away again...
...being handed malpractice-insurance bills that are double those of a couple of years ago, forcing many of them to move from high-premium states--like Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania--to more affordable venues like California and Indiana. The crisis is compelling some doctors and medical students to switch from lawsuit-magnet specialties like obstetrics, neurology and pulmonology to "safer" ones like dermatology and ophthalmology, or to refuse to perform high-risk procedures like delivering babies and operating on spines...
...second year at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where he is captain of the water polo team. "People here just treat me like everyone else," he says. "I'm able to live a near normal life." William is majoring in art history but considering a switch to geography (apparently still a cutting-edge discipline in Britain), and he's teaching himself Swahili. He confesses that he was initially unhappy at St. Andrews and considered dropping out. "I was a little uneasy," he says. "I don't think I was homesick; I was more daunted." He also confesses...
...Strike and other video games that require players to shoot bad guys and slay monsters may improve the kind of visual skills needed for, say, driving a car or even being a soldier. In the study, men 18 to 23 were tested for their ability to identify flashing cues, switch their attention rapidly and count objects approaching from many directions. The result: gamers performed up to 50% better than nonplayers, a finding that researchers suspect applies to younger kids as well. To rule out the possibility that the visually adept are simply drawn to video games, researchers also trained neophytes...