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...might be an American, because he spoke English," said General Tommy Franks, the U.S. commander of Afghanistan forces. "I can tell you that at the time he left Afghanistan, we could neither confirm nor deny that he was an American citizen." In January the FBI and Louisiana's state highway patrol started an investigation that tiptoed around the state's strict privacy laws and involved hand searches for birth certificates. It led to one issued for Hamdi by Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge...
...Illinois and New Hampshire--require a road test every two or four years for drivers ages 75 and older. Other states have accelerated renewals at two-year intervals and require vision tests after age 65. Iowa and Florida are following new engineering guidelines set down by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They are designed to help older drivers by enlarging the type on street signs, creating left-hand-turn lanes and improving lighting along roadways. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety suggests that four-way stop signs alone reduce accidents...
...signs of a rude awakening. In the old quarter's main street, Sisavangvong Road, tourists now outnumber locals. Satellite dishes bristle from roofs and backyards, sucking from the ether a steady stream of inane Thai game shows. Internet shops spring up daily, each filled with earnest backpackers clicking away. Highway 13 from Vientiane is now paved, putting the capital just a day's drive away...
What ensues includes predictable gags about run-ins with highway cops, distasteful incidents in dilapidated gas station restrooms best left unspecified, and a general celebration of mindless bimbo-dom. It should be immediate cause for concern that the credits see a direct re-play of all the “funniest” moments in the film, as if we need to be reminded of each and every laugh...
...planets are on a highway in the sky,” Sadler said. “Something gets backed up and there is a traffic jam, from our perspective...