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Scientists, too, value amber. Trapped within the translucent, usually gold-colored substance are some of the most ancient examples of certain species known to science. The oldest ants, moths, stingless bees, caterpillars, termites, mushrooms and pollen grains, some of them dating back tens of millions of years, have been found in amber. And unlike ordinary fossils, which are relatively crude rock molds of prehistoric life forms, these specimens are often perfectly preserved, with the most delicate features intact...
Four days after a witness said he saw nine-year-old Amber Hagerman being seized screaming from her bicycle by a stranger in a black pickup truck, a man walking his dog found the child's nude, lifeless body floating in a nearby creek, her throat cut. Police in Arlington, Texas, are investigating all leads...
...empire, whose output entitles Le Mars to bill itself as the "ice cream capital of the world." Like most Midwestern towns, Le Mars values thrift. Residents still fondly recall that in 1975 Jimmy Carter and his press secretary, Jody Powell, saved six bucks by sharing a room at the Amber Inn. Local Democrats fell for Carter, but there weren't many of them. The place is Republican to the core and decidedly conservative. A billboard outside town welcomes travelers with the words ABORTION, THE CHOICE THAT KILLS...
...Sandy has told Case that Bruce twice fired a shotgun in the house, once while four-year-old Charlie was seated in Sandy's lap, another time as eight-year-old Amber huddled in a closet. "I have a problem with you putting your children at risk with this man," Case tells her. "Your little girl is way too O.K. with this, and that's not O.K. She thinks this is a way of life, and she'll find a man who hurts her too." Sandy agrees to send the two youngest children to her mother's home...
...Amber J. Roy '97, a Mather House resident, already uses a light, reflectors and a lock on her bike...