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Caputo came impressively close to fighting in the title match in his bracket but lost a close 2-1 match to Dave Helfrich from Lehigh. Caputo’s wins were far from close: he beat out Shippensburg’s Mark Murphy 7-4, defeated Darius Caldwell from Citadel 7-2, and won by fall in 1:58 over American’s Ed Mecklenburg...
...outdone, terrestrial-radio groups are migrating to digital and see cell phones as a content battleground too. The nation's big station groups, including Clear Channel, Infinity and Citadel Broadcasting, are upgrading to enable FM stations to split their signal into multiple, digital streams. That will open up the airwaves for niche formats--all Elvis, all the time--and channels for targeted content like college sports. Digital music channels may also be offered ad-free, for a subscription fee, parrying satellite's advantage. "We're not gonna be on defense anymore," vows Infinity's CEO, Joel Hollander. Like other radio...
...hours later, the drama continued across town when Yassin's sister and his fiancee, both clad head to toe in black Islamic gowns, veils and gloves and seeking revenge for Yassin's death, fired on a tourist bus heading past a medieval cemetery toward the Citadel, a major Cairo landmark. No tourist was harmed, but the two women died of apparent gunshot wounds - though police reports and eyewitness accounts failed to clarify whether they were killed in a shootout with authorities or committed suicide rather than endure capture. Police officials believe that Yassin and the women had connections to Hassan...
...surviving population of about 100,000 believe the true number is closer to the initial estimate. In 12 seconds of annihilation, the quake destroyed 85% of the city's buildings, flattening thousands of traditional mud-brick homes as well as Bam's approximately 2,000-year-old Citadel, an imposing clay fortress that once adorned the ancient Silk Road. Despite the hard work of Iranian and international relief agencies, Bam remains a disaster zone. The streets are full of bricks, tangled metal and rubble. For now, many survivors live in prefabricated 12-sq-m living quarters called "connex." Cargo containers...
WELL, LAST WEEK, THE INSURRECTIONARY PAJAMA people--dubbed "pajamahadeen" by some Web nuts--successfully scaled one more citadel of the mainstream media, CBS News. One of the biggest, baddest media stars, Dan Rather, is now clinging, white-knuckled, to his job. Not bad for a bunch of slackers in their nightclothes...