Word: agente
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...caviar imported into the U.S., pleaded guilty last month to six counts of fraud and trafficking without permits for falsely labeling inferior grades of caviar as beluga. "Most of the caviar in the country has been brought in illegally," says Edward Grace, the Wildlife Service special agent who investigated the case...
...avoid getting bilked by guys like the one he used to be. His old self comes out in his lectures, where he is a slick but likable showman. "It's only 90 minutes," says Tom Hanks, who went to one to research the role of the FBI agent who nabbed Abagnale. "But it's the best one-man show you'll possibly ever see." In the movie, Abagnale's character is just as entertaining. "He did steal 2 1/2 million bucks," Hanks says. "And yet you're constantly rooting for him." How could he not brag? --By Joel Stein
DIED. PAUL VATHIS, 77, Pulitzer-prizewinning Associated Press photographer; in his sleep; in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Covering the President in 1961, he got yelled at for snapping a photo between the legs of a Secret Service agent after an aide to President Kennedy ended the photo session. The shot that resulted, of Kennedy and Eisenhower at Camp David, won him the Pulitzer...
...finding a lifeline in a customer whose IT ineptitude is matched only by its means: the U.S. government, which will spend $53 billion on information technology this year. The Federal Government's inability to share and analyze information became clear in the months after the 9/11 attacks. An FBI agent in Phoenix, Ariz., who was suspicious of Arab flight-school students was not aware that he had a colleague in Minneapolis, Minn., with the same concerns. Immigration officials didn't know that a Saudi suspected by the CIA of terrorist ties had applied for a visa. "If you look...
...combination of performance and styling used to cost at least $50,000--often $100,000 or more for the likes of a high-end Porsche. Comparable vehicles now sell for less than $40,000, a pricing sweet spot that is expanding the market. Says Donald Kaufmann, 52, an insurance agent in Baton Rouge, La., who just bought the new Nissan: "I felt I was getting a lot of car for the dollar." Since Honda introduced its S2000 in 1999, sales of the $35,000 roadster have jumped nearly threefold. Mazda's Miata, introduced in 1989, is still purring along, with...