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Protestants remain a bare and strikingly diverse majority; the study found widespread movement among 100 variations of Protestantism. For America's faithful, it's a buyer's market...
...many American troops, Iraq is now a very familiar place. Though security has improved in some parts of the country, the gains remain fragile. The Pentagon says there will still be 140,000 troops in Iraq in July, up 8,000 from the 132,000 stationed there at the beginning of last year. The increase in troop numbers means that nearly a third of soldiers deployed to war zones, including Iraq and Afghanistan, are on at least their second tour of duty. While the Pentagon doesn't break down these statistics by theater, it's clear that the proportion...
...STUDY Columbia University researchers report that African Americans and Hispanics have a harder time quitting smoking than whites do. After eight weeks of treatment with a combination of bupropion, the nicotine patch and counseling, about 40% of smokers in the minority groups were able to remain smoke-free for four weeks, compared with 60% of the white group...
Lesser countries might wish for clear weather on an important day. China makes it happen. Last month Chinese officials announced that they will work to ensure that the skies remain bright during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics this August, tracking clouds in the days leading up to the ceremonies and, if any threaten to deliver an untimely shower, forcing the rain to fall early...
...good, or at least frothy, times. The current record haul for a U.S. IPO, $10.6 billion, was reaped by AT&T Wireless in April 2000--just after the great tech-stock bubble began to deflate but before anybody realized it. (The world-record holder is and apparently will remain the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, which raised $21.6 billion...