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...kidding. Volusia is home to several species of reef sharks, including black tips and spinners, that are born in the spring and learn to hunt by summer. The sharks move close to shore, chasing baitfish as the water temperature warms up. "They get into the surf line and get disoriented, and they start biting whatever moves," says Joe Wooden, deputy chief of Volusia County's beach patrol...
...Kidman stars as Paris' most seductive courtesan in the postmodern musical Moulin Rouge. Kate Hudson is the heart and soul of Cameron Crowe's coming-of-age movie Almost Famous (Sept. 15), an ode to '70s rock that's already gathering momentum in this year's Oscar race. Helen Hunt is unstoppable this season, romancing Richard Gere in Dr. T & the Women (Oct. 13), starring opposite Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment in Pay It Forward (Oct. 20) and teaching Mel Gibson What Women Want...
...probe was open and might result in an indictment of Clinton after he leaves office in January 2001. Ray hired six new prosecutors and other lawyers and spent $3.5 million over the past six months. Clinton, in turn, has grown more strident, decrying the investigation as a political witch hunt. According to legal experts, Ray's decision to convene a grand jury is not a harbinger of indictment. The Lewinsky panel expired a year ago, leaving Ray little choice but to impanel a new one if he hoped to ponder whether to bring charges. Grand juries often serve as rubber...
...hand, investors do not believe the market can sustain a rally--so as stocks near their previous highs, sellers charge in early to beat the crowd. But investors don't see a big downdraft coming either--so as stocks approach their previous bottoms, they swoop in to bargain hunt before others get there. Everyone is playing the trading range, which gets narrower with each reversal...
GENE THERAPY WITH A TWIST Scientists have used a genetically modified cold virus, Onyx-015, to battle head and neck cancer. While traditional gene therapy aims to replace defective genes, Onyx-015 trades on the genetic difference between cancerous and normal cells to hunt and kill only the cancer. In a study, 63% of 30 patients who received Onyx-015 along with chemotherapy saw their tumors shrink by at least half. After five months, none of the tumors had grown back. Doctors hope that Onyx-015 will also prove effective against ovarian, pancreatic and other aggressive cancers...