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...videocamera, long the weapon of choice among obsessive parents, is finding favor with crime fighters these days. The Los Angeles police's grisly beating of Rodney King, videotaped by an amateur and aired on national television in March, was only the first of a growing number of America's Unfunniest Home Videos. At a Washington trial last month, prosecutors introduced a videotape of five men robbing and beating victims during a 1989 crime spree, which was recorded for posterity by one of the defendants...
Prosecutors contended that Moody, an amateur scientist from Rex, Ga., was also responsible for bombs that were intercepted at the federal court in Atlanta and the N.A.A.C.P. office in Jacksonville, for a tear-gas bomb that exploded in the Atlanta office of the N.A.A.C.P. and for threatening letters to judges and TV stations. Prosecutors said Moody tried to make the bombings appear racially motivated but that he really wanted to damage the court system because of a 1972 conviction for bomb possession. "Retaliation is a way of life for Mr. Moody," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Louis Freeh, "and the court...
...motor vehicles were stolen in the U.S., up 9.2% from 1988 and 42% over 1985. Would the losses be even greater if car alarms did not exist? No one knows. Police generally side with car alarms. Having one, after all, can't hurt, might help. An amateur thief might be scared off; a professional, however, knows how to disarm the system quickly...
...course, not all your bills are the same each month. But even if the amount varies, all but the most amateur of creditors will have no trouble applying your overpayment to future balances. Just note in the memo: "$23.15 for April, plus $50 on account." Your next bill will reflect a "credit...
...addition to her academic interests, Keeney enjoys bicycling, reading, and volunteering with Partners for Disabled Youth, a mentoring program that pairs disabled youth and adults. Her most recent work is a book on amateur botanists in the nineteenth century, which is due to be published in the fall...