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First there was the radar gun, and heavy-footed drivers were briefly slowed. Then came the radar detector -- a.k.a. Fuzzbuster -- and the battle of highway technology heated up. Police introduced K-band radar, which used higher- frequency signals to fool the Fuzzbusters, and "pulse" radar, which fired bursts too brief to be detected. But each new measure brought new countermeasures, including ever more sensitive detectors and systems that let speeders slow down without flashing telltale brake lights...
...dozen other convicts cram at night for final exams in bachelor's and master's degree programs, is appointed with carpets, computers and hanging plants. The rest of Stillwater can earn up to $5 an hour making manure spreaders and birdhouses, or fixing school buses and highway patrol cars...
Residents in San Agustin del Sur took over the Francisco Fajardo Highway, the city's main artery, Monday afternoon. They fought a battle with police that began with rocks and tear gas and ended with gunfire from both sides...
Drivers panicked and abandoned their cars on the highway, aggravating the already monumental traffic problems caused by the violence. Public transportation broke down completely...
...city hires a Pied Piper to take care of thousands of voracious rodents that will be rudely evicted from their subterranean homes by highway construction...