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Almost as disturbing as the lives lost was the question of whether the crash was avoidable. Alaska Airlines has a remarkable safety record, despite landing in some of the most hazardous conditions in the world. This was its first major accident in decades. But it is also facing possible fines for alleged maintenance violations, and it is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation. The crash comes at a time when federal officials have been getting tougher with airlines over alleged safety lapses--and becoming more willing to bring criminal charges. As investigators look into the causes...
...kind of deal that justifies a bucketful of business superlatives--massive, hard edged, record setting, lucrative. And all this from two companies that most Americans have never heard of--Mannesmann, a giant German telecommunications firm, and Vodafone, a British wireless provider. But the $190 billion merger of the two firms, which was inked last week after nearly five months of run-and-gun takeover negotiations, easily surpassed last month's AOL-Time Warner deal as the largest ever. And it was also proof, in some minds, that European business had finally arrived--albeit late--in the 20th century, complete with...
...Name? and this largely Catholic corner of Appalachia have never seen anything like each other. People know his real name. A local paper discovered he had been arrested, and released, in Ohio for preaching to a crowd that became unruly when the police tried to break it up. The record had him as Carl J. Joseph, 39. Still, people here respect his wish to be addressed as What's Your Name...
Although he claims to have traveled on foot through 13 countries and 47 states since 1991, Joseph says he has never stayed in one area as long as he has here (his driver's license record had him intermittently in Toledo, Ohio, and the Bronx). As many as 2,000 people at a time have come to hear him speak. They have gathered out in the fields to pray through the night. They have stopped him on the street to talk one on one, unburden themselves of problems and ask for his prayers. They have called in to a local...
ECONOMY: Lower your voice, sonny. I hear just fine and feel just fine. Check out these pecs: Consumer confidence is at a record high; unemployment, a 30-year low. New-home sales set a record last year after surging 4.5% in December. The core rate of inflation is barely perceptible, less than 2%. The stock market is soaring, and corporations are ringing up record profits. Heck, I'm running a marathon. I'm popular with sexy young dotcoms. I haven't even written my will yet. So don't give me that how-do-you-feel stuff...