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Theft is a more serious problem. According to the Computer Security Institute, which works with the FBI to compile statistics on computer-related crimes, laptop theft has almost doubled since 1998, and hotels and airports are major danger spots. If you plan on leaving your computer alone in a hotel room, you will want to invest in a laptop lock. Most laptops come with a security slot in the back--it's that tiny hole with a padlock symbol next to it that you probably never knew what to do with--and the lock snaps right into it. Loop...
...real culprit in this election is the antiquated and ineffective technology used to tabulate votes. We need to fix the problem. Congress could suggest a standard ballot and voting equipment. This polarized society that we have been drawn into by our political "leaders" is counterproductive. We are Americans, first and foremost. JAMES R. CLARK Waldo...
...have kept traders on edge. At the same time, global refining capacity is strained to the limit. "When you have a market this tight, it's vulnerable to disruption," warns Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates. "It could be a political event. It might involve a logistical problem with refineries or even the weather...
...scare stories to pass, though, cooperation from OPEC is essential. The only problem with this notion is that many countries in the 11-member organization feel short of cash, a hangover from the time, only two years ago, when oil was selling at close to $10 per bbl. That cost such major producer countries as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Venezuela tens of billions of dollars in revenue and has left OPEC wary of increasing supplies beyond the 3.7 million bbl. a day it has released onto the world market so far this year...
...citified control over the election process. If we abandon the current system, the argument goes, and popular vote gains preeminence, the inhabitants of the nation's four or five most populated states might decide presidential elections on their own. And while residents of said states might not have a problem with such an outcome, folks out in North Dakota and Montana might see things a bit differently. Citizens of sparsely populated areas (and the congresspersons who represent them) have grown fond of the electoral system, which affords them a disproportionately loud voice in the voting process. Wyoming, for example, casts...