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Although every day in Iraq repeats the endless spiral of bombs in crowded bazaars and mosques - each fueling demands for retribution - things are slowly getting better. Last month the number of violent deaths in Iraq fell to 275, down from 437 in June. And that's a good sign for...
With the long nuclear winter finally over, you might think that execs at Areva, the world's biggest nuclear-energy company, are strutting just now. But you'd be wrong. The state-owned French giant is scrambling not just to rectify a series of snafus at a high-profile reactor...
"Under the arrangement, we opened and closed the main gates, handled plowing and trash collection, and sent a guard through from time to time, but they volunteered to do the rest," says parks commissioner Carol Ash. "This kind of 'not-on-my-watch' activism can go a long way."
Another option: outsourcing services such as fee collection, campground administration, general maintenance and security to private firms for less than what it currently costs state park employees to manage.
All of the backtracking and subterfuge ultimately led to one place: the airport. If they were going to get me, this is where it would go down. In the end the files and flash drives came with me. I stepped through the stage one final time, the set design of...