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Is so powerful, bill, that we're told that an amount as small as the size of a grain of salt can be deadly. another thing to keep in mind is that it decays very, very quickly. it has a very short half-life. in other words, officials say, after 2 1/2 years it might be very hard to detect. that means after arafat has been buried since 2004, whatever results are reached might in fact be inconclusive. bill? bill: david lee miller, a good mystery you have from jerusalem. thank you, david lee. martha: let's get a look at the markets eight minutes into the trading day. investors are keeping a close e...

As well. >> and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." now for a tuesday morning check on wall street. the dow closed at 12,967 after falling 42 points yesterday. the s&p lost 2, but the nasdaq gained 9. in overseas trading, the nikkei added 34 points, but the hang seng was down 17. well, cyber monday figures are still being tallied, but according to at least one estimate, online sales were up 26% by noon yesterday. and all that wheeling and dealing sent ebay to a seven-year high while rival amazon also rose. tracking firm comscore estimates americans have spent nearly $14 billi...