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Traffic jams are infuriating wherever you are, but in the Netherlands, they are the source of particular angst. Not only is the densely populated country home to Europe's most congested metropolitan region - the area called the Randstad that incorporates Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague - but many Dutch people...
Naturally, the plan is not without its critics. The environmental group Friends of the Earth says it will do little to reduce traffic, since driving, for the most part, will still be cheaper than using public transport, even on long trips. And some transport experts argue that road improvement projects...
“We were trying to sabotage them by figuring out what they’re actually using and taking it away,” said Elledge, who is also a senior geneticist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
"There appears to be an increase in [terrorist] activity in the U.S.," warns Jenkins, who calculates that there have been 32 terrorism-related events on these shores since 9/11 and that 12 of them occurred in 2009. (See the top 10 inept terrorist plots.)
Jihadist recruiters have grown increasingly sophisticated in their use of the Internet, and many of them specifically target American audiences. Extremist e-preachers like Anwar al-Awlaki - an American living in Yemen who exchanged e-mails with Hasan - communicate in English, which makes them more accessible to American Muslims. Pakistani...