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That alone would make A. garhi a prime candidate for the long-sought evolutionary link between Lucy's species and the first humans. But the researchers also found that nearby animal bones dating from the same period had been butchered with stone implements. Cut marks on one antelope jawbone suggest that the hominids used a sharp stone flake to remove the animal's tongue. The leg bone of another animal is scarred by cuts, chop marks and signs of hammering, evidence that it was scraped clean of meat and bashed open to expose the nutritious marrow...
...chain-link gate outside the dusty gray mobile home of Steven and Cary's parents, Delbert and Kay Stayner, was padlocked last week, and the blinds were shut tight. But relatives and other acquaintances opened a window on three decades of Stayner-family horrors, and when they did, Cary stood in the darkest corner of his family's misery, quiet, withdrawn, forever sketching the world he wanted...
Even American Express, which makes much of its money from merchants on its credit and charge cards, is using its popular Membership Rewards program as a fee generator. The company has hiked annual fees in the program 60%, to $40. If you want to link your personal card with your corporate card, that's another $10, please. And if you're late with your card payment, you pay a fee of around $15 and forgo your points for that month--unless you ransom them for another $15. Like many issuers, Amex has added a mandatory-arbitration clause, so customers...
...trading firms in the U.S. Clients open accounts with minimums of about $50,000 and are allowed to use fully equipped trading posts, which include a telephone; monitors displaying the bid-and-asked-prices of stocks and other data; financial and general news wires; and a direct link to markets where a trader can make dozens or even hundreds of trades in a day. The same tools are generally available at home or in the office via the Internet, though they are less easily managed and access is slower. The day-trading firms make money by taking a commission...
Gary A. Orfield and Dean K. Whitla, both professors at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, announced Wednesday the results of what they say is one of the first studies to directly link diversity to educational outcomes...