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Osama bin Laden is not the first villain to be the target of a U.S. military manhunt. In 1916 bandit turned war hero PANCHO VILLA made a deadly raid on Columbus, N.M., and a U.S. military force was sent to track him down, to no avail. Seven years later, Villa was killed by Mexican assassins outside his ranch. TIME noted the death in an issue with a cover story on actress Eleonora Duse...
...Pancho Villa has been killed by his enemies... At the height of his fortune Villa commanded 35,000 men. He might, after his capture of Mexico City, have become dictator, but he lost his head, and in March, 1916, at the ebb of his fortunes he raided Columbus, N.M. The U.S. Government sent General Pershing and 4,000 men to "get" Villa, dead or alive. The expedition cost $100,000,000 and failed to get Villa, though it broke his power. After his final defeat, he promised to settle down and be good, if it were made worth his while...
Forgent's first customer for the software, Physicians Telehealth Network, a Columbus, Ohio, company that facilitates videoconferencing between medical institutions, is developing a global system to allow physicians to examine patients who might be a continent away. Since Sept. 11, PTN has seen a 300% increase in calls from companies and insurers seeking services like remote workmen's compensation examinations. Last month PTN pitched its system to Tom Ridge's Homeland Security office as a bioterrorism preparedness initiative. Should a virus like smallpox be unleashed, the doctors say they can use videoconferencing to help with diagnoses and treatments for patients...
...Mike Dickson of Columbus, Ga., choosing a medical plan for his family was a lot easier. Mike and his wife Jennifer, who worked for a financial-services company, had what he calls a "top-notch benefits department," with experts to help answer questions. Even so, Mike and Jennifer had to decide which features of the different plans they cared most about. They chose an HMO because of its comprehensive basic benefits and its maternity coverage...
...Thomas founded his first Wendy's in Columbus, Ohio in 1969, and by 1996 the chain (Wendy was his daughter Melinda's nickname), consisted of 4,800 establishments in the United States and more than 30 countries across the globe. He achieved all of this without earning his high school diploma (he did finally receive one in 1993), which he later listed as one of the biggest mistakes of his life. "We have 4,000 restaurants today, but if I had gotten my high school diploma, we might have 8,000," he said...