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Nobody just waltzes into the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. The lab, better known as USAMRIID, sits on the grounds of Fort Detrick, in rural Maryland, about an hour north of Washington, and before you can even get close to the mostly windowless concrete building, you have to get on the base itself. Employees must flash their badges, and visitors must show two forms of photo ID--and open their trunks and glove compartments--before guards will let them pass. To enter the lab itself, armed security guards, present around the clock, must wave you through...
Congressional investigators are out one potential star witness in the Enron scandal. Former Enron vice-chairman Cliff Baxter was found dead in his car early Friday morning in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, with a Fort Bend County justice of the peace ruling Mr. Baxter's death a suicide by midday. (There was apparently a note, whose contents have not been disclosed...
...Lashkar spun off two years later, attracting veterans of the Afghan war. It has taken responsibility for many hit-and-run operations in Indian-held Kashmir but says it never targets civilians. Nevertheless, two civilians and one soldier died in its December 2000 attack on Delhi's landmark Red Fort...
America lost more than a businessman Monday night when Dave Thomas, patriarch of the fast food giant Wendy's, died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 69. It lost a social activist, author, and an instantly-recognizable TV personality. Thomas, who lost a lengthy battle with liver cancer, was a leading proponent of adoption awareness, and dedicated much of his time and wealth to the cause. He was also a celebrity of sorts, as the result of appearing in the burger chain's humorous commercials. In addition, he authored two books detailing his life, success...
...high-tech scooter: Sorry, folks, but unless you can use this device while carrying an armload of groceries and a squirming three-year-old, the Segway's just a guy toy. SANDIE SCARPA Fort Pierce...