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A Washington, D.C., plastic surgeon represented by super-lawyer David Boies files suit against liquor companies, charging that they market products to minors in order to hook them on booze.

Foot Soldiers

The ruling coalition in Iraq continues to pay all the workers at state-run shoe factories and other firms in order to keep the workers off the streets.

Panty Waste

Responding to political discord in the South, the Bush administration hits Chinese bras and nightgowns with quotas, bringing promises of reprisal from the Chinese.

Doctors' Disorder

Researchers find that less than 10 percent of American hospitals make full use of computers to catch errors and standardize doctors' orders. This despite a 2000 report which found that medical errors kill almost 100,000 people and cost some $38 billion yearly.

Dirty Money

The Treasury Department vows to blacklist institutions that don't comply with currency and customer tracking rules. The primary targets are foreign banks accused of "money laundering," i.e., not reporting cash to Uncle Sam.

Clogged Filter

Research company Gartner advises corporations not to depend on anti-spam laws like the federal CAN-SPAM to stop spam. "CAN-SPAM will likely not change spammer behavior," its report concludes.

Justice Delayed

Students who are tardy to school for a third time receive $165 citations from Whittier, California, cops. The Whittier High School principal explains that too many kids were coming in late.

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