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...answer is that the nature of police misconduct, if not the volume, has changed. In the past, brutality frequently took the form of a cop retaliating against someone trying to harm him. Often it went unnoted. Today there is frequently an element of police gangsterism. Small groups of police officers share a fermenting contempt for the people they encounter. Rogue cops band together and cover one another's crimes. When all this unravels in public, it seems as if entire cadres are corrupt...
...down an Israeli barricade blocking a road into the village of Beit Sahour. Defective Diplomacy?: North Korean denies reports its ambassador to Egypt defected to another country... Eyes Peeled: A $205 million NASA science mission is delayed when two shrimp boats are sighted in the offshore launch zone.. Cop Killed: A third New Hampshire state trooper is shot dead in a routine traffic check just after attending the funeral of two other slain officers... But Does It Brew Coffee?: Hewlett-Packard introduces a $600 combination fax, printer and copier for small businesses and home offices...
...WHAT HAPPENS] Bad guys tie up cop Martin Riggs, douse him with water and shock him with electrodes...
This is the debate's great question, the one that keeps the divorce ball bouncing: Does the high divorce rate reflect a massive cop-out by increasingly self-indulgent individuals, or is it based in vast social forces such as the economic independence of women? It's a question that can't be answered with statistics, though certain experts try. According to sociologist Bumpass, "There have been fluctuations around the trend line, but the overall dynamic that has given rise to increased divorce has deep historical roots." He takes a lofty, long view and tends to speak in ivory-tower...
...recent years, the other networks that constitute the "Big There" have stuck with much tamer image campaigns. CBS bundles its programming with the hearty slogan, "Welcome Home," though shows like this fall's "Brooklyn South," a cop show that's heavy on violence, don't seem all that welcoming. NBC has recklessly applied the label "Must-see TV" to everything in its lineup, even though half-witted shows like "Suddenly Susan" are easily skippable. These campaigns are too retroactive to be doing any good--they hearken back to the days when the networks were viewed as friendly providers of family...