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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meet the girl at the pier in Santa Monica, Calif. What he encountered there was a tiny woman in tan overalls, silver butterfly hair clips and a backpack. But she was, in fact, a cop working with the man who had impersonated the 13-year-old Lolita--special agent Bruce Applin, who is part of the FBI's Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement team. Naughton was arrested and charged with the federal crime of "knowingly traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with a girl..." Naughton, who has lost his job at Infoseek, could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooling Off Hotseattle | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...wrote in a 1997 article for Forbes ASAP. But in his ramblings as hotseattle, he was playing an even more dangerous game than he realized. According to the FBI, he was pursuing another 13-year-old girl in the same chatroom. She turned out to be an FBI agent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooling Off Hotseattle | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...from the floor, no matter what the source of the water. In a hard rain you can get flooded on top of a mountain. That's not widely understood. Even less appreciated is the Federal Government's role as the sole underwriter of flood insurance since 1969. Almost any agent can offer the coverage on behalf of the government, but the agent gets only a handling fee that barely covers the paperwork. Insurers make money by collecting premiums and investing--not by shuffling paper for Uncle Sam. Without a financial motive, even the most thorough agents may view flood coverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flood Fiasco | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...count on your agent (though that's the best place to inquire first). Unless you live on a hill in a desert, you probably should have flood coverage. The cost varies widely, based on an intricate zoning system, but the average flood policy in force goes for $341 a year for $119,254 of coverage, according to the National Flood Insurance Program. All business and property owners are eligible unless their community is among the 8% nationwide that do not comply with federal guidelines on construction in high-risk zones. To find out if your community complies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flood Fiasco | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

Before the season began last year, Barkley, a free agent, promised Pippen he would re-sign if Scottie were traded to the Rockets. They agreed to come on board together, and now Barkley is making the trip to the doctor's office to have the knife in his back removed...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It! | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

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