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...that fateful May afternoon, e-mail lists on campus went afire with anxious messages and questions regarding a rumored shooting on campus, coupled with cryptic text messages sent through the "Message Me" system. Cambridge resident Justin Cosby, 21, had been shot to death in the basement of Kirkland House in what prosecutors say was a failed “drug rip.” Cosby was found with $1,000 and one pound of marijuana near his body, and The Crimson reported that he may have been involved in drug sales to Harvard students. Three months later, police apprehended...
...Abdulmutallab's background on Saturday, trying to piece together clues about his activities and associations during his three years in London. Officers from the Metropolitan Police focused their attention on a seven-story mansion block in a well-to-do area of central London, conducting a search of a basement apartment owned by the Mutallab family near the university - reported to be worth $4 million - where the suspect, if he is indeed the son of the Nigerian banker, once lived. Home Secretary Alan Johnson didn't release any details of the search, saying only that London police are "working with...
Nevertheless, many shoppers have been procrastinating in the hopes of scoring lalst-minute gifts at bargain-basement prices. As of mid-December, the average consumer had completed only 46.7% of their holiday shopping, according to a survey conducted by BIGresearch for the National Retail Federation. This was down considerably from the 54% who had finished their gift-buying at the same time in 2005 through 2007, says Kathy Grannis, a spokesman for the NRF. According to the survey, about 42 million people, or 19.1%, had not even started their shopping as of Dec. 16 while only 8.6% had finished...
...third to a half of their last-weekend take (The Blind Side holding the sturdiest), except for the Oscar favorite Up in the Air, which soared 30% by adding 103 venues to last week's 72; it amassed nearly as much per screen as Avatar, and at relative bargain-basement prices. One new romantic comedy in wide release was meant to lure a more mature demographic than Avatar, but attracted almost nobody. Did You Hear About the Morgans?, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant as a married couple on the lam from a killer, cadged a feeble $7 million...
...Managed her husband's successful 1994 congressional run (originally from the family's basement) and 2002 race for the South Carolina statehouse. Co-managed his 2006 re-election. Described by a legislative staffer as "the real brains behind the operation...