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...quake was only slightly bigger than the Northridge tremor but more disastrous in part because its full force appeared to hit densely populated parts of the city. The 6.7 Northridge quake slammed 80% of its kinetic energy into the sparsely populated Santa Susana mountains rather than the buildings of downtown Los Angeles...
...producing tremors up to a magnitude of 7.5, or about 15 times the energy of the 20-second Northridge quake. What would happen if that pulse roared for 40 or 50 seconds--higher-magnitude quakes typically shudder for 60 seconds or more--through the Elysian Park fault under downtown Los Angeles? ``The only way to get a full picture of how buildings react in an earthquake is to have one,'' says Thomas Heaton, a Geological Survey seismologist. But computer simulations undertaken by Heaton and collaborators show that steel- frame high-rises could have their feet kicked out from under them...
...gunman who killed two people and wounded two others during a shooting spree in downtown Chapel Hill, N.C., yesterday, has been identified as Wendell Williamson, a University of North Carolina law student. Williamson's parents have said that their son was recently treated for mental illness, while fellow law students described their classmate as a disturbed man who talked to himself and had public outbursts...
...NIGHTCLUB IN DOWNTOWN Manhattan is swarming with reporters, cameramen, Internet bohemians and online celebrities, people with handles like "Mnemonic," "Razor" and "Garbled Uplink." The center of attention -- a fashionably wan, cigarette-smoking ex-con known as Phiber Optik -- shows up an hour late, even though the party is in his honor. Phiberphest '95, they're calling it. Onstage is a band called Foamola, consisting of a bald male organist, a homeless man playing what appear to be a pair of rocks and a female vocalist who yowls, "When I read a book, I always read Balzac!/ When I take...
...hard for the small, independent store to compete with the powerful chains," Le Foot Sportif owner Hezi Gabai says. "It would be pitiful to see the small store go, no matter if it is here or downtown on Main...