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On the Roof of Peru, Omens in the Ice
QUELCCAYA GLACIER, Peru — In the thin, cold air here atop the Andes mountains, the blue ice that has claimed these peaks for thousands of years and loyally fed the streams below is now disappearing rapidly.
Doug Struck
Court Rejects Ebbers's Appeal
A federal appeals court upheld the fraud conviction of WorldCom Inc. founder Bernard J. Ebbers yesterday, rejecting defense arguments that he was deprived of a fair trial and paving the way for the once-brash mogul to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Carrie Johnson
A Biotech Firm's New Formula
Craig A. Rosen gets bored easily. During his last few years at Human Genome Sciences Inc., he oversaw the development of a $230 million manufacturing plant. Boring. He was promoted to chief operating officer. Boring. And president. Boring. The board of directors even talked to him about becoming…
Michael S. Rosenwald
WASHINGTON IN BRIEF
More cases of mad cow disease in Canada have halted plans for a major increase in U.S. imports of Canadian beef and cattle, the Agriculture Department said yesterday. NASA is considering shutting down all the research programs it conducts aboard the international space station for at least a… A…
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U.S. Economy Cools As Consumers Pull Back
The U.S. economy slowed sharply in the three months ended in June, expanding at less than half its pace earlier this year, as consumers and businesses hunkered down in response to climbing inflation and interest rates.
Nell Henderson
U.S. Neglect Found in Long-Delayed Iraq Hospital Project
The U.S. Agency for International Development failed to adequately monitor a critical hospital project in southern Iraq that ran badly behind schedule and significantly over budget, government auditors concluded in a report released yesterday.
Griff Witte
In Fort Worth Neighborhoods, Residents Know the Drill
FORT WORTH — Gary Hogan bought his Spanish-tile-roofed stucco house on the western edge of the city in 1992 because it offered the perfect combination of city and country living — only 10 miles from downtown, yet surrounded by pasture land roamed by gentle cows.
Sylvia Moreno
In a Slowing Market, Price Is Only the First Step
If for-sale signs have sprouted like weeds in your neighborhood and the grass is growing up around them, it's no time to panic, say real estate experts. Pricing a house right is the most important part of the equation, but it can be hard to find that number in a changing market. It doesn't……
Sandra Fleishman
Minimum Wage Hike Passed By House
The House last night voted to boost the minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade while also permanently slashing the estate tax, a coupling that GOP leaders calculated might garner enough Senate support to become law.
Jonathan Weisman