Commentary: David Ropeik and Statistics

Published December 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

It may be a scary time to be alive, what with threats of terrorism and a looming war in Iraq. But commentator David Ropeik says statistically speaking, things aren't as bad as they seem.

Petition wants a 1980 baseball player on the roster for 1 day to qualify for pension

Peter Biello

A baseball player who was part of the Atlanta Braves in 1980 is one day short of qualifying for MLB retirement. Now, there's a petition to get him on the roster for that last day.
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Dara Kerr

Employees staged sit-ins at Google's offices this week demanding the company stop selling its technology to the Israeli government. Google then fired more than two dozen of these workers.
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