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| Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:00:00 EST Sun's McNealy steps down as CEO |
| Following weeks of speculation, Scott McNealy, the CEO of Sun Microsystems, has announced he is stepping down after a 22-year run as the head of the server and chipmaking giant. McNealy, one of Silicon Valley's sharpest tongues and boldest executives—whose tenure as CEO was the second longest in the valley behind Oracle's Larry Ellison—will be succeeded by Jonathan Schwartz, a computer programmer who has been Sun's No. 2 for the past two years. |
| Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:00:00 EST Life in a burn unit |
| A bad burn inflicts terrible devastation. Beyond scorching portions of the victim's body into a blackened crust called eschar, the burn wrecks it from the inside: |
| Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:00:00 EST Stock prices—a slippery slope? |
| Do high oil prices even matter? By the looks of things—namely stock prices, corporate profits, and consumer confidence—the answer would seem to be a resounding "no." |
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| Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:32:19 EDT Bush holds immigration summit |
| President Bush and a bipartisan group of senators met Tuesday to discuss immigration reform. Senators, including some of his harshest critics, called the get-together an important step. Bush said: "It's important that we reform a system that is not working... It's important that we treat people with dignity." |
| Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:02:17 EDT Sources: Fox anchor takes White House job |
| Fox News anchor Tony Snow has formally accepted the job as White House press secretary, according to three Republican sources familiar with his discussions with the White House. |
| Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:39:59 EDT Al-Zarqawi video mocks U.S. |
| The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, surfaced Tuesday in a Web site video mocking the U.S.-led effort in Iraq. In the video, he also displays what are said to be newly developed missiles for the insurgents' battle. The CIA believe the voice on the tape is al-Zarqawi, and a U.S. counterterrorism official called his rhetoric "a lot of jihadist bravado." |
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