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...most dramatic stories involved a man trapped in a fire in the cab of a huge construction crane 200 feet above the ground. They brought in a helicopter, and a guy dangled at the end of hooks and saved him. The next day the first thing I said [to the crane operator] was, "It must have been so harrowing." The man said, "You know, I never thought it was such a big deal." It ended right there...
...leader Muqtada al-Sadr--were undignified even by Saddam's standards. As if to block out the barbs, Saddam loudly intoned his final prayer, the traditional Islamic invocation to God and the Prophet Muhammad. But that too was cut short: without warning, the hangman opened the trapdoor beneath his feet, and the tyrant was silenced forever...
...like Wal-Mart so remarkable is that it has occurred despite the general passivity of the White House toward green issues. "I'd say 90% of the business community wants more action on the environment than the Bush Administration does," says Esty. So while the Federal Government dragged its feet on alternative energy, business moved into the vacuum, lured primarily by potential profits. In 2005 Goldman Sachs pledged to invest $1 billion in renewable energy, while Cleantech Venture Network estimates that $10 billion in venture capital will be directed to green technology from 2005 to 2009. Under CEO Jeff Immelt...
...three days this week, Black Hawk choppers hovered over Colorado prairies covered by four feet of snow, drifts reaching 15 feet high. The choppers carried 20 bales of hay at a time, National Guardsmen and ranchers trying to throw each bale precisely within reaching distance of the stranded herds so they wouldn't starve to death while looking at the food. So far, 80 tons of hay - 3,000 bales - have been distributed. But the war in Iraq has stretched National Guard forces thin. Weekend maneuvers were scheduled. Winds created inhospitable skies. As of Thursday night, no more airlifts...
...went down. Early reports that the wreckage and a dozen survivors had been found in the remote mountains of Sulawesi-reports picked up by aviation officials and the airline itself-later proved to be based on nothing but local rumor. The last coordinates of the plane, at 30,000 feet, were in fact provided by Singaporean authorities, raising questions over Indonesia's ability to effectively monitor its own air space. "Our infrastructure needs to be improved and ideally there should only by about five to eight carriers in the country," says Soedibyo. "This latest accident is just...