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Every year, it seems, the threat posed by fire looms larger. Three years ago, for example, the Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico, driven by winds that gusted up to 50 m.p.h., burned out of control over an area that totaled nearly 50,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of some 18,000 people and the closure of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Last year brought some of the largest, most intense wildfires in U.S. history, including the Hayman fire, which overran nearly 138,000 forested acres near Denver, and the Rodeo-Chediski fire, not far from Flagstaff, which blazed...
...What will archaeologists in the year A.D. 5000 uncover when all that is known about us is stored on a microscopic computer chip?" Walter C. Strickland Cerro Gordo, North Carolina...
...Merneptah, Ramesses II's son and successor, commemorating his victory over the Libyans. It confirms the crossing of the paths of the Israelites and the Egyptians. Perhaps if archaeologists dig a little deeper, they will find Moses' swaddling clothes, and the historical debates will finally end. WALTER C. STRICKLAND Cerro Gordo, North Carolina...
...case involves the shooting deaths of two young men. According to Rigau, an undercover government agent took the men to a mountain named "Cerro Maravilla" where they were murdered by Puerto Rican police, who later claimed the men were terrorists...
...scene on Cerro Maravilla was arranged, Rigau said, to give the impression that the police acted in self-defense. Yet evidence shows that there were two rounds of shooting, which contradicts the police story...