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...play has been transferred to Civil War-era Maryland, a border state and thus the most likely locale for the background story of the tragedy. Two brothers, sons of Oedipus (yes, that Oedipus), fight each other to the death, one brother killing the other and then dying from a bullet wound. Creon, the governor of Maryland (Edie Bishop '00) has declared that the Union Army brother will be buried with honor while his Confederate brother is left to rot. Creon's niece and the soldiers' sister, Antigone (Sabrina Howells), however, is determined to bury both brothers in spite...
...years ago today, Dr. David Gunn of Pensacola, Florida, was murdered by one of numerous anti-abortion extremists. Doctors go to work wearing bullet-proof vests to work in clinics which are bombed, blockaded and invaded. The violence against doctors extends beyond the workplace. Dr. Barnett Slepian was murdered in his home, the victim of a sniper. The families of these doctors live in fear, afraid of being attacked in their own homes. The attacks have increased over time-seven murders of abortion providers have all happened in the last six years...
...PLEASE Its employees dress in camouflage, but you don't usually think of the U.S. Army as being green. Not until last week, that is, when top brass announced the arrival of an environmentally friendly bullet. It has all the wallop you've come to expect from regular ammo but 100% less lead. Set to be standard issue by 2003, this copper-jacketed killer contains a tungsten core that won't contaminate the water and soil around firing ranges. That way you can leave an unspoiled world for the children of the guy you've just wasted...
...description of the rape suspect given to police officers was a "black man in his early 20s," an extremely vague and definitely broad description. And once the bullet-riddled body of Diallo was examined, all that was found on him were a beeper and a wallet. Diallo had no history of a criminal record...
...began the case on a Monday morning. After cooking myself a breakfast of solar-heated chickwiches in my $2,000 studio apartment--a cardboard box under the Brooklyn Bridge--I donned my bullet-proof vest for entry into the Manhattan office...