Word: auto
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...hanging for the 1996 murder of Maria "Ria" Wolmarans, one of her closest friends. In the year after the killing, Bosch married Wolmarans' widower-Marthinus, known as Tienie-with whom she had been having a passionate affair since shortly after her own husband's death in a 1995 auto accident. Barring a presidential decree of clemency, Bosch-who still maintains she is innocent-would be the first white woman to be executed in Botswana's history...
...sent to monitor makers that will re-form the rubble into new displays. MBA Polymers in Richmond, Calif., feeds whole keyboards and joysticks into its machines. The metals get siphoned off, then the plastic is melted into tiny pellets, which are resold for use in industrial flooring, auto parts and office supplies...
...rest of the Beanie Baby clan, you're about three years behind the times. Computer giant Sun Microsystems is listing up to 150 items a day on eBay, including e4500 servers that sell for as much as $15,000. eBay Motors, which launched last April, is the third biggest auto-sales site on the Internet. And eBay's new Business Exchange, which has listings for $6,000 backhoes and $25,000 lathes, has doubled its offerings in the past quarter...
...Three months after Babita's departure, her 14-year-old brother, Shekhar, watched Batra pull up outside the house in an auto-rickshaw, walk Babita to a bench, sit her down and leave. "I thought Babita had come home for a visit," says Shekhar. But when he walked over, he found Babita slumped, barely conscious. The right side of her head was so swollen it hung over her ear. Her body was covered in nail scratches and bruises. Her thumb was broken. Shekhar ran to fetch his mother, and they rushed Babita to a hospital, where a doctor diagnosed...
...line of Jeep strollers, set to roll out in March, joins a growing supply of ruggedly designed, off-road transportation for babies, including a stroller for the "rough road" market from Eddie Bauer. The Jeep strollers are the first to be named after an auto brand. "It seemed like a natural fit," says Gail Smith, marketing vice president for Chicago-based Kolcraft Enterprises, which licensed the Jeep name from parent company DaimlerChrysler. "They're geared to handle urban potholes," she notes. How about bumpy hills? "I don't know that you'd want to take a baby up a mountain...