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...protesters - many no longer run away from tear gas, and according to one witness, some have kicked the canisters back at the riot police. Now the Basij go at the demonstrators with chains, whips, Tasers and metal pipes. One protester said she has seen them use paintball guns to tag protest leaders for later arrest. At a recent press conference, the prosecutor general of the ongoing mass trials said that on average 100 people - many assumed to be protesters - have been arrested per day since June...
...nostalgia. Some of the original, '60s-vintage G.I. Joes have fetched sizable prices. A rare and ill-fated G.I. Nurse from 1967 - the earliest and least successful female G.I. Joe produced - went for more than $6,000 at auction. Some of the earliest, rarest figures attract a similar price tag...
...dark by LEDs, or light-emitting diodes. The leading lighting companies are racing to release traditional-bulb-shaped LEDs that last five to 10 times as long as CFLs, contain no mercury and use far less energy. These amazing new lights also come with a flashing-neon price tag: $50 for Lemnis Lighting's Pharox, which uses 6 watts of power to match the output of a 60-watt incandescent...
...auto shows this summer is shorter and sleeker than the company's flagship Phantom limousine, making it "slightly more agile" and better for daily use, says Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves. It's more affordable as well, priced at just $245,000, far below the $380,000 baseline price tag for the Phantom. (See 10 things to buy during the recession...
...Raising Revenue All this makes the $1 trillion, 10-year price tag of health reform very tricky. A good two-thirds of the bill is already paid for: $237 billion would come from fines on employers and individuals who don't comply with new rules to provide or buy health insurance; $525 billion would come from reductions in Medicare payments to private insurers and money ponied up by drug companies (as touted by Obama in a high-profile White House event); and corporate- and foreign-tax changes totaling $37.2 billion...