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...Already the hormone has begun to appear on the black market. As sports officials have cracked down on steroids, some athletes have resorted to injecting HGH in a foolhardy effort to build themselves up. Unlike steroid abuse, HGH use cannot be picked up in routine drug tests. Experts warn, however, that the hormone injections may be dangerous. Researchers fear that high doses of HGH taken over a long period of time could produce such side effects as joint-cartilage problems, diabetes, arthritis and heart disease...
...President would never have to resort to lame arguments about the standard of living of Americans. He would never have to warn about a possible threat to world security, he would never be mocked for calling Saddam Hussein ruthless. No one would repeat the errors of World War II by arguing that this is a "European problem...
...John Glenn (D-Ohio), committee chair, said in releasing the report that it "shows that the U.S. nuclear weapons program was exposing large numbers of workers to potentially dangerous health risks but did nothing to warn them...
...some enterprising Coloradans are striking back at would-be tree snatchers with a pungent recipe: fox urine, a drop or two of skunk essence and glandular extracts from cats, ferrets or muskrats. Sprayed on evergreens, the Scrooge Christmas Tree Protector, at $6 per pt., raises a stink to warn off tree rustlers. If a "Scrooged" tree is moved into a heated house, the putrid perfume gets really intense. How long before the scent wears off? Says Scrooge creator Major Boddicker: "For sure, by spring it'll be gone...
...investment decisions. Among other things, they will be required to maintain "risk-based capital" equal to 6.4% of their risky assets, such as shopping centers and fancy resorts. Because many thrifts are only marginally profitable, raising the funds to meet the standards may prove impossible for them. Some analysts warn that half the nation's 2,900 thrifts could eventually fail or be merged, voluntarily or involuntarily, adding billions to the $300 billion cost of the industry bailout. An early casualty: City Federal Savings Bank, New Jersey's largest thrift, was taken over by federal regulators on Friday, after recording...