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...informed Jamil in which car Musharraf?who uses several decoy limousines?was riding. U.S. and Pakistani investigators say they believe that insiders within the President's guard were also in on a failed Dec. 14 hit, allowing would-be killers to plant five explosive charges under a bridge that blew up just after Musharraf crossed it. Jaish-e-Muhammad is also suspected in that near miss. Under a new order, police officers assigned to the President's motorcade are prohibited from carrying cell phones while on duty for fear they will use them to coordinate attacks on Musharraf...
...Civil War movie Cold Mountain, based on Charles Frazier's best-selling novel, opens with the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg in 1864, when Union forces dug a 500-ft. tunnel, packed it with 8,000 lbs. of gunpowder and blew up the Confederate line, creating a huge crater that became a deathtrap for their own troops...
...found new ways to recycle those old Smith-Coronas. Vintage manual-typewriter keys are now being used to fashion all sorts of kitschy accessories, ranging from cuff links to watches. During the past few months, bracelets, earrings and other typewriter trinkets geared toward women have become hot sellers. "They blew out of our store over Christmas," says Carol Tantau, owner of the Just Tantau boutique in Venice, Calif. Online, these unusual pieces can be found at UncommonGoods.com or StrokeOfArt.com Or you can root around in your parents' garage and try tapping them out yourself. --By Jeffrey Ressner
...convoy carrying Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf approached, the suicide drivers sped into action. A guard stepped into the path of one vehicle, costing him his life and causing the assassin's van to crash into a car in the motorcade and instantly explode; within a minute, the other vehicle blew up just yards from Musharraf's armored Mercedes, shattering its windshield. In all, 16 people were killed, including the bombers, security guards and bystanders. The President was unhurt in the Christmas Day attack, but he was visibly shaken when he appeared on TV six hours later. Just 11 days earlier...
...POINTS: After the team repeatedly blew games and sank out of play-off contention, the Giants announced Fassel's firing with two games to go. For their lame-duck coach ... the Giants finished...