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...carefully planned and executed tactical retreat the guerrillas may have envisaged: Chechen sources admitted Tuesday that dozens of fighters and commanders were killed or wounded when a large contingent of rebels found themselves trapped on a minefield and were then cut to pieces by Russian artillery. A number of top Chechen leaders were reportedly killed in the fierce fighting to break through the Russian lines, and the rebels' top commander, Shamil Basayev, was reported to have been badly wounded when his car detonated a mine. Both sides now have paid a heavy price in the battle for Grozny - but that...
...turned out to be suffering from mere heartburn. "We are caught in the middle," says Dr. Stephan Lynn, residency director in the ED at St. Luke's--Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, where the medical staff has been cut 15% to 20% over the past five years even as the number of visits has risen 25%. "I get letters from patients every day saying, 'You made a mistake and put the wrong diagnosis on the chart...
...care, Medicare and privatization. A handful of negligence lawsuits have been filed in Connecticut against AMR, the nation's largest private ambulance corps. Cobbled together out of more than 200 mom-and-pop firms, AMR has built a $1 billion-a-year business providing ambulance service to an increasing number of communities that outsource their...
...number of women working for dotcoms. Cabot left iVillage.com to start SheClicks.com Anne Nelson was an editor at Women.com before becoming managing editor at BestSelf.com where almost 90% of her colleagues are female. Eve.com's numbers are closer to 65%-35%, but Rao still considers that a problem. "This is a woman's dream job," she says with a wry smile, "but we're also trying to get some great...
...sort of double closet for priests who are dealing not only with the sin of their sexuality but the doubly shameful sin of homosexuality. And while numerous sex scandals involving priests and young boys have surfaced in recent years, the Star story provides an irrefutable indicator that a large number of priests are sexually active - in relationships with other priests or with partners outside the church. It's unclear how or if these revelations will affect church recruitment efforts, already suffering considerably in the wake of the recent sex scandals...