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...horizon never comes. The map tells me to take the road leading directly into the darkest, grayest, coldest-looking section of the entire horizon, and I pause for a moment at the junction heading north. But I am encouraged by my scrappy little orange Sunfire and its full tank of gas, so I step on it and plunge headlong into the gray. The sunlit mountains fade slowly behind me, and I enter a cold world, hoping that spring is just around the corner. It is beautiful, as only nature's adversity...
...four-month old Palestinian girl's life blasted away by an Israeli tank shell in a Gaza refugee camp; two fresh-faced Israeli adolescents found stoned to death and mutilated in a cave near Bethlehem? The savagery of the violent Israeli-Palestinian stalemate in the West Bank and Gaza appeared to be escalating this week, with every new outrage fueling the fires of revenge and reaffirming - in their own minds, at least - each side?s claim to the righteousness of letting their weapons do the negotiating. Peace, right now, is a fantasy of yesteryear, and each new lifeless child committed...
...past two weeks, gasoline inventories jumped 6.2 million barrels, to 199 million barrels, according to preliminary data released last week by the Energy Department. And in the past week alone, inventories grew twice as much as was expected, as refiners upped production of tank-ready gasoline to 96 percent of their operable capacity. Refineries don't usually hit that mark until mid-summer. And gasoline imports, especially from Europe, doubled - to an all-time high - over the same period...
...PENDING TO $AVE Wish putting gas in your tank could somehow lead to more money in the bank? Upromise.com has cooked up a way to augment families' college savings by getting companies such as ExxonMobil, McDonald's and Toys "R" Us to funnel a percentage of a customer's spending into a tax-deferred state tuition savings account. The membership program, which launched last week, ensures customer loyalty. Why switch to MCI if AT&T will put 4% of your monthly bill toward Junior's education...
...know more. It could be anything: the successor to the G4 desktop, which would be a pretty big story, or nothing more earth-shattering than a new pastel color makeover for the iMac, in which case you'll end up blowing four hours of your time and half a tank...