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Five sets of twins born at St. Mary's in one day - 2004-01-30
The reports out of the delivery room at St. Mary's Medical Center sounded like a poker game: The babies kept coming in pairs until the nursery became a full house.

Five sets of twins were born at the hospital Tuesday, a record for that facility, according to the staff. The twins contributed to a bumper crop of babies. An average of 11 infants are born daily at St. Mary's, but 24 arrived Tuesday.

"By nighttime, it was standing room only in that nursery," said Kevin Grimes, 34, of Jensen Beach, whose wife, Shannon, gave birth to two boys, Casey and Brandon.
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How you can pay peanuts and not get monkeys - 2004-01-30
I'd never have believed it before I read the book Moneyball, but you can learn a lot about economics and business by studying America's major league baseball.

Well, actually, from studying the career of a chap named Billy Beane, general manager of a California
team, Oakland Athletics.

The book is by Michael Lewis, author of the best-selling Liar's Poker, and of all the economics books I ploughed through over the summer break, it was the best. It's published by Norton.
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