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...group of Army recruits relaxed last month in a grove of tall oaks at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., finishing their catered lunch of roast turkey, scalloped potatoes, green beans and apple pie, Captain Lee McQueen's cell phone rang. The call was from his commander, warning that a practice assault planned for the base's bayonet-combat course might have to be called off: the mercury was creeping into the 90s. McQueen's team of drill sergeants--those fabled hard-noses delegated to whip raw recruits into shape--went into action. They dutifully set up a "wet-bulb globe-temperature...
...have been complaints that the FBI did not focus early enough on Miami Beach's gay community. A number of bars and businesses in the area say they were alerted by agents. But though the FBI promised to send 1,500 flyers to the gay and lesbian center in Fort Lauderdale, they did not arrive until the day after Versace's killing. FBI officials blame government printing delays for the foul...
...FORT WORTH, Texas: Ben Hogan, the golfer made of stone, died Friday at 84. Some called him "Bantam Ben," because he stood a slight 5-foot-8. Some called him "The Hawk" for the way he analyzed a course. But the Scots called him "The Wee Ice Mon." Because he was Ben Hogan. Hogan was the game's third-winningest player with 63 tour victories. He won nine major championships, four U.S. Open titles, the career Grand Slam and was the only person to win three Grand Slam events in a single season. But the Hogan Mystique was truly born...
...high G.O.P. circles. "Gaylord is the immovable object in Newt's life," says an aide to a top House Republican. "Tom never had a chance." In what he's telling associates is "the offer of a lifetime," Blank will become a senior executive at Union Pacific Resources Company in Fort Worth, Texas. No word on a replacement...
...only thing more incredible than extraterrestrials' visiting Earth is the U.S. government's denying that they exist." GARY OSTROW Fort Lauderdale...