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...South Dakota measure would allow the state to invest the education trust fund in the stock market...
...Medical Journal concluded that statins could reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack 30% even among those with normal cholesterol levels and no sign of cardiovascular disease. Pharmaceutical giants Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb have gone so far as to petition the Food and Drug Administration to allow consumers to buy some low-dose statins over the counter, without first having to obtain a physician's prescription (more on that below...
...Michigan and California will decide whether to use public money to allow students to attend private schools. In the largest such effort to date, all of California's school-age children would eventually be eligible for the program. Michigan would require teacher testing for schools redeeming vouchers...
...article "Oil's New Boss," about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias [BUSINESS, Oct. 9], noted his seemingly contradictory characteristics, but they are what make him a unique leader. His refusal to allow U.S. military planes to fly over his country and his turning down U.S. emergency aid make him seem like an antiglobalist. But his playing host to the OPEC summit showed he is an outward-looking individual who does not always say yes to anything or anyone. ERIK B. DAYRIT Quezon City, the Philippines...
Experts say Gore's measures wouldn't greatly increase the number of middle-class parents who can afford to send their kids to college, but rather would allow them to do so with greater ease. The credits aren't refundable, however, and wouldn't help the millions of workers who don't earn enough to owe income taxes (even though they pay hefty Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes...