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| Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:00:00 EST Whole-house remote control |
| It's a goal of true techies: the Jetsons-style home, where one button locks doors and dims lights as you leave, and the house later calls your cell phone if it detects an intruder. But in the real world, such home-automation gear generally hasn't been very sophisticated or reliable, making the effort more frustrating than time-saving. |
| Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:00:00 EST Union rift a revival or a collapse? |
| The fate of the American labor movement could be decided at the AFL-CIO meeting that will kick off today. Five of the biggest member unions, unhappy about continuing membership and political losses, are threatening to pull out of the confederation. They want to redirect the union dues they now send to the Washington organization to new kinds of membership drives and lobbying efforts. Will this rift further weaken America's already ailing unions? Or could this be the first step toward reinvigoration? Ken Margolies, a veteran of many union drives who is now director of a Cornell University labor education program, talked with U.S. News about the issue. |
| Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:00:00 EST Mortimer B. Zuckerman: Confronting the threat |
| Shehzad Tanweer was the bright, Muslim son of a first-generation Pakistani immigrant into Britain. His father owned a fish-and-chips shop, and Shehzad, at 22, was a university student headed for a profession--the kind of story of immigrant assimilation that is so familiar in America. Instead, Tanweer became a murderer, killing himself and other fellow travelers in the morning rush hour on London's Underground. |
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