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...summer of 1847, a panicked mother in a small village in Barnstable, Mass., on Cape Cod, reported her 10-week-old son missing. The townsfolk fanned out to search for him. Within hours, his body was found floating in the harbor. Because no strangers were visiting that day, the villagers knew the killer was one of them. At the funeral the next day, each resident was asked to approach the tiny open coffin, lay hands on the body and declare his or her innocence, a scene described by Evan J. Albright in his book Cape Cod Confidential. The villagers were...
...murderer. The year-rounders, as they are called, were not shy in responding. About 10 locals called the state A.C.L.U. chapter, which quickly sent a letter of protest to law-enforcement officials and is considering litigation. Some men have refused to give a sample, though Cape and Islands district attorney Michael O'Keefe declines to say how many. "I have a tirade ready," says Michael Jerace, who intends to turn the police down. "It's very frightening. It's all part of the ambiance of the country right now." Others have gone to the cops, regarding it as a civic...
...PLEADED GUILTY. MARK THATCHER, 51, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to charges of helping finance a foiled coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea; in Cape Town, South Africa. Thatcher admitted that he inadvertently provided mercenaries with money for a helicopter, but said he believed it would be used as an air ambulance for humanitarian purposes. As part of his plea bargain, Thatcher received a $506,000 fine and a four-year suspended prison sentence...
STILLER: On this sketch comedy show I did on Fox a long time ago, I did this takeoff on Cape Fear called Cape Munster, where I was Eddie Munster as De Niro in Cape Fear...
...pursue him. The man either didn’t hear or chose not to hear her calling him. He kept walking, fast enough that Heller had to run to catch up. His name was Warren M. Tusk ’05, known to many at the time as Cape...