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...disrespect to the Britneys and whatnot, but there's a backlash to that kind of music," says Beth Halper, the DreamWorks A.-and-R. executive who signed Nelly Furtado. That backlash has taken the form of three solo artists who might be termed the Authentic Girls: Michelle Branch, 19, whose CD The Spirit Room has sold close to a million copies since August, according to SoundScan; Vanessa Carlton, 21, whose first effort, Be Not Nobody, has sold 300,000 copies in its three months of release; and Avril Lavigne, 17, whose first album, Let Go, debuted...
...Bosnia, where humanitarian aid is still a major pillar of the postwar economy, U.S. and local investigators are examining the finances of no fewer than eight Islamic charities they believe may be linked to terrorism. The U.S. Treasury has blocked the funds of both Benevolence and the local branch of Saudi Arabia's Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation. The biggest source of concern: some two dozen suspected terrorists have been deported from Bosnia and other Balkan countries over the past 12 months; most worked for Islamic aid organizations. "They were preaching good, and even sometimes doing good, while plotting evil," Lieut...
...taking on the bureaucracies directly by creating the new Homeland Security department to pick off some of their functions. "Let's take something away from all of them," he told aides. The White House is now practically boasting about the tangle Ridge got into trying to reorganize one single branch of the varicose Homeland Security structure. "When Tom Ridge had to call a meeting, he needed a conference room," says Hughes. "There were so many different people...
...months after he first made that very same promise. Mueller announced Wednesday that he was retargeting more agents at the terrorists, empowering local field agents to seize the initiative, centralizing information in Washington so that every agent would know what every other agent was doing and creating a special branch of analysts to think through every unimaginable possibility. Mueller cited Rowley's memo and an e-mail written last summer by agent Kenneth Williams in Phoenix, Ariz., as proof that the bureau was broken and needed repairs. "We have to develop the capability to anticipate attacks," he said. "We have...
...more extensive experience is offered at the United World College, which has 10 campuses around the globe. At the U.S. branch in the Pecos Mountains outside Las Vegas, 200 students ages 16 to 18 work toward a two-year international baccalaureate degree. In addition to academics, the curriculum includes classes in nonviolent conflict resolution. The object, says Philip Geier, president of U.W.C.'s American campus, is "to create a global network of future decision makers." Recently four Israeli students joined two Palestinian classmates in a presentation on the history of conflict in their homelands. "We argued, hassled one another, agreed...