Thursday, August 11, 2005
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articles 8/7
Will We Ever Arrive at the Good Death?
Almost 40 years after the birth of the hospice movement, and despite the rise of living wills and palliative care, the end of life remains anxious and hypermedicalized.
AFP
Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find
Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse -- women's voices are more difficult for men to listen to than other men's, a report said.
AP
Daylight-Saving Switch May Cause Tech Woes
When daylight-saving time starts earlier than usual in the United States come 2007, your VCR or DVD recorder could start recording shows an hour late.
The Rise of the Digital Thugs
The newest big corporate menace: disgruntled techies, who find company secrets and will keep them, for a price.
Finding Bargains (and Headaches) at Foreclosure Sales
If rising interest rates cause more people to default on their adjustable-rate mortgages, investors could face a potential boon.
Pince Me -- Is That Wal-Mart
The house of fuddy duddy is now aiming to become the next trendy-setter.
Liberals Fund New Approach
Democratic backers pledge $80M for advocacy network to compete with conservative groups.
See the War, After an Ad for the Army
by Sarah Boxer
This week the Web site ifilm.com introduced a new "channel" called WarZone with film clips from World War II, Vietnam, Israel and Iraq. Looking at the selection of videos about Iraq, it's hard to say which are scarier: the clips themselves or the advertisements that run with them.
The Blogs of War
On the 21st-century battlefield, the campfire glow comes from a laptop. Military bloggers offer a real-time window into life behind the lines. And they're putting the Pentagon on the defensive.
By John Hockenberry
Rolling Stone
Marine Gone Mad
Andy Raya didn't kill anyone while stationed in Iraq. He waited until he returned home.
New Pope: Reasserting Christianity in the West
The new pontiff has offered clues to the ways in which he will lead the church and, he hopes, change Europe.
The Condi Doctrine
After six months as Secretary of State, she has seized control over U.S. foreign policy. Now comes her toughest test--finding a way out of Iraq. An intimate look at Rice's world.
60 Years Later, Remembering the Pacific War
Sixty years later, veterans of the Pacific War remember: 'Kill or be killed.'
The Black Family: 40 Years of Lies
Rejecting the Moynihan report caused untold, needless misery.
A Feasible Fix for Social Security
Our recipe for saving the system, protecting the poor, and boosting the investor class
Brain Workouts May Tone Memory
Keeping your gray matter in great shape doesn't prevent age-related cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's. But "cognitive fitness" proponents say mental exercises can help stave off such diseases.
By Joanna Glasner.
The Dog Ate My Steroids
Why athletes fail drug tests, in their own words.
By Josh Levin and Rachael Larimore
Rivers of Coke
Drug researchers piss-test an Italian river and find huge quantities of cocaine residue. Seems Italians are sniffing four times as much coke as officials estimate. By Stephen Leahy.
U2's City of Blinding Lights
12,000 daisy-chained LEDs. Spycams controlled by a PlayStation. The Vertigo tour is a monster concert machine - and the ultimate rock-and-roll R&D lab.
By William Gibson
Almost 40 years after the birth of the hospice movement, and despite the rise of living wills and palliative care, the end of life remains anxious and hypermedicalized.
AFP
Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find
Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse -- women's voices are more difficult for men to listen to than other men's, a report said.
AP
Daylight-Saving Switch May Cause Tech Woes
When daylight-saving time starts earlier than usual in the United States come 2007, your VCR or DVD recorder could start recording shows an hour late.
The Rise of the Digital Thugs
The newest big corporate menace: disgruntled techies, who find company secrets and will keep them, for a price.
Finding Bargains (and Headaches) at Foreclosure Sales
If rising interest rates cause more people to default on their adjustable-rate mortgages, investors could face a potential boon.
Pince Me -- Is That Wal-Mart
The house of fuddy duddy is now aiming to become the next trendy-setter.
Liberals Fund New Approach
Democratic backers pledge $80M for advocacy network to compete with conservative groups.
See the War, After an Ad for the Army
by Sarah Boxer
This week the Web site ifilm.com introduced a new "channel" called WarZone with film clips from World War II, Vietnam, Israel and Iraq. Looking at the selection of videos about Iraq, it's hard to say which are scarier: the clips themselves or the advertisements that run with them.
The Blogs of War
On the 21st-century battlefield, the campfire glow comes from a laptop. Military bloggers offer a real-time window into life behind the lines. And they're putting the Pentagon on the defensive.
By John Hockenberry
Rolling Stone
Marine Gone Mad
Andy Raya didn't kill anyone while stationed in Iraq. He waited until he returned home.
New Pope: Reasserting Christianity in the West
The new pontiff has offered clues to the ways in which he will lead the church and, he hopes, change Europe.
The Condi Doctrine
After six months as Secretary of State, she has seized control over U.S. foreign policy. Now comes her toughest test--finding a way out of Iraq. An intimate look at Rice's world.
60 Years Later, Remembering the Pacific War
Sixty years later, veterans of the Pacific War remember: 'Kill or be killed.'
The Black Family: 40 Years of Lies
Rejecting the Moynihan report caused untold, needless misery.
A Feasible Fix for Social Security
Our recipe for saving the system, protecting the poor, and boosting the investor class
Brain Workouts May Tone Memory
Keeping your gray matter in great shape doesn't prevent age-related cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's. But "cognitive fitness" proponents say mental exercises can help stave off such diseases.
By Joanna Glasner.
The Dog Ate My Steroids
Why athletes fail drug tests, in their own words.
By Josh Levin and Rachael Larimore
Rivers of Coke
Drug researchers piss-test an Italian river and find huge quantities of cocaine residue. Seems Italians are sniffing four times as much coke as officials estimate. By Stephen Leahy.
U2's City of Blinding Lights
12,000 daisy-chained LEDs. Spycams controlled by a PlayStation. The Vertigo tour is a monster concert machine - and the ultimate rock-and-roll R&D lab.
By William Gibson
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