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TIME We've all known people who have had difficulties having a child. Any thoughts about IVF treatments, which, as you know, wind up often discarding a fair number of embryos...
...Pasadena, Calif., was launched in August 2001 to solve a cosmic conundrum. Although the sun and the flood of particles it radiates make up 99% of all the matter in the solar system, earthlings have never been able to grab hold of much of that so-called solar wind, beyond a tiny bit collected by several of the Apollo missions. Earth's magnetic field causes the stream of hydrogen, helium and other elements the sun gives off to flow around our world like river water around a rock...
...country. We'll see. But I couldn't help but notice that the Athens Games weren't even over before everyone started talking about Beijing 2008. Money is not the only source of our lingering bad feeling. The doping controversy that marred the start of the Games knocked the wind out of us. Although a record 22 athletes from around the world were disqualified for doping violations, it was our two star sprinters - Konstantinos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou - who got the lion's share of the bad press. And they were never proved to be dopers. O.K., they knew...
...WIND AND HAIL POLICY In regions at high risk for severe wind and hail, insurance companies often exclude coverage for windstorm-related losses from homeowner policies. Don't despair: you can still insure your home. Several states, including Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina, have set up a special state-run windstorm pool to fund policies...
With the heavy cost of prescription drugs weighing on patients, states that wind up with part of the tab are taking action to help consumers lower their bills. Illinois announced last week that it plans to set up a website and toll-free phone number to help residents buy cheaper prescriptions from Canada, Ireland and Britain. That program, which Illinois estimates will cut prices 25% to 50%, follows in the footsteps of ones already in place in Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and North Dakota. Meanwhile, New York launched a website last week that enables its residents to compare the prices...