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Kappa, Illinois. The only two commercial establishments in this small town of 150 people are two exotic dance clubs, the Kappa Cabana and Teesers. Teesers opened first but ever since the Cabana started proffering lap dances of its own this past July, the two establishments have been locked in furious competition. There have been lawsuits, appeals to the city council and a healthy exchange of fighting words between the warring owners and dancers. It may be time for a man of God like Reverend Jackson to step-in and restore peace to this small community...
...They are finding guns, dropped from the sky, or finding that the gun they had is gone and in someone else's hands. And they are finding that they have much to do: In tiny Mulhall, Okla., population 260, the twisters laid waste to over 90 percent of the town's buildings...
...bombs being built in their basement and the laws that allowed Harris' girlfriend to legally purchase three of the guns used in the killings. But the most disturbing fact to confront is that no one person or thing made Harris and Klebold shatter the serenity of a small Colorado town. That was their own decision...
...SAID Can Warren Buffett pull chronically depressed real estate investment trusts out of their recent doldrums? The Oracle of Omaha (apparently following an earlier recommendation on this page) has jumped into REITs in the past few weeks, taking sizable stakes in MGI Properties, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers and Town & Country Trust and spurring investors to make similar bets. While REITs haven't completely rebounded from the 17% hit they took in 1998, they have made a strong showing of late, gaining a healthy 11% in the past two weeks alone...
...even the series and have added several Major League-quality hitters to their roster, while the Orioles have rather messily imploded this season. In fact, the joke around Baltimore is that the only smart business decision team owner Peter Angelos has made this year is bringing the Cubans to town, hoping perhaps that the game could prove to be an entry point into the Cuban talent pool, which by some estimates contains as many as 75 Major League-caliber players. Currently, Cuban stars can't play in the U.S. unless they defect (and agents will no doubt be circling around...