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...Missouri Congressman has mastered the attack-dog role, having spent the past year calling Bush a "miserable failure." He could swing his home state into Kerry's column and fire up union supporters. But he's the epitome of an Old Democrat, and if Bush is attacking Kerry's 19 years in Washington, what would he do with Gephardt's 28? Also, what happened to that union support in Iowa...
Since 9/11, U.S. transit officials have made some changes. Amtrak and big-city subways have added police and dog units and removed some large, bomb-ready fixtures--like trash cans and vending machines. At Amtrak, names given by passengers are checked against various government watch lists (a spokesman declined to say which ones). Last week Amtrak upped security patrols and electronic surveillance of tracks, bridges and tunnels...
...unremarkable. On Monday, a Serb teen was hit in a drive-by shooting. The next day, three ethnic Albanian boys in Mitrovica drowned in the swollen Ibar River. Exactly how they died is not clear, but a surviving child said his friends had been chased by Serbs with a dog. From there rumors escalated into riots and eventually gunfire. Some senior politicians urged calm. Others, however, including the Minister of Public Services, Jakup Krasniqi, said the violence was the understandable result of five years of "anti-Albanian policy" by the international community. That's a hint at the underlying causes...
Biewener would also like to apply his research to robotics. He envisions a robot in the pattern of a dog or human that could act as a mechanic rescuer...
...talking about the weekly card game with your friends, which inevitably increases in frequency until you realize it’s draining your bank account dry. Not the occasional trip to the dog track, where rumor has it a dog raced under the name “Brenda Leestar.” Not the sure-to-be-addictive online gambling that will leave you with credit-card debt and shame your family...