Besides the usual statisticians and economists, Verisk recruited doctors to dive into the data.

NEWYORKER: The Hot Spotters

Besides the usual business considerations, there seem to be two particular worries affecting the sale.

ECONOMIST: British Energy proves a slow sell

Besides the usual debit and credit functions, the Hainan card records medical insurance transactions and other social services.

CNN: HESE DAYS WHEN CHINESE

Besides the usual hatchback, sedan and SUV, car shoppers today can consider yet-to-be-categorized cars such as the Mazda5, a micro-minivan, or Mercedes-Benz's R-Class, a maxi-station wagon.

CNN: Car shopping 2006: The inside track

It's a snap to install and use, is the speediest CD-RW drive we tested, and comes with a raft of software besides the usual CD creation utilities.

CNN: IDG.net - Recordable and rewritable CD drives: Permanent, portable storage

Besides the usual panoply of search-and-rescue aircraft deployed by America's Civil Air Patrol, which wound down its search on September 17th, a different sort of search effort is being conducted online, using satellite photographs.

ECONOMIST: The high-tech hunt for a missing adventurer

Besides the usual hotel room, lengthy telephone calls (yes, even in 1900) and, of course, a hefty bar bill, our late colleague seems to have claimed shamelessly for a spending spree on various personal items.

ECONOMIST: Inflation since 1900

Besides the usual back-and-forth we enjoy with WowWee's products, 'panda also reads bedtime stories (we hear that it's fond of Bearinstein Bears), interacts with a MiniMe version of itself, and of course, delivers mad bear hugs to love-starved tykes.

ENGADGET: WowWee: snakes, dragonflies, and bears -- oh my!

Besides, Mr Lazio does not match the usual unpalatable Gingrich stereotype.

ECONOMIST: Romancing the Apple