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...enforcement agency that works hard to be invisible, the Federal Air Marshals have been generating a lot of attention lately. On Monday, the U.S. Attorney in Houston filed federal drug charges against two of the agency's several thousand highly trained traveling armed guards, Shawn Ray Nguyen, 38 and Burlie Sholar, 32, who, as TIME first reported, were taken into custody late last week...
...arrest in Houston is a shock to an agency that plays an important role in aviation security. Although there have been air marshals flying for decades, on Sept. 11, 2001, the numbers had dwindled to only three dozen agents. After the attacks, the agency was drastically increased in size and many agents were drafted from other law enforcement agencies and local police departments. New agents were - and are - subject to security screening and background checks similar to other federal law enforcement agencies, which are required to be updated only every five years...
...flak for glamorizing the dope dealer lifestyle and endorsing violence, but these criticisms ignore what it gives back to the community: geography lessons. If you heard the radio in 2005, you learned all about the climate of Atlanta (according to Young Jeezy, it snows) and the natural resources of Houston (grillz).So where’s next on the curriculum? After seeing this video, my bet’s on the Bay Area. After a decade of regional success and national anonymity, Vallejo, CA’s E-40 finally makes good on threats of mainstream crossover with this release...
...balloon in its Thanksgiving Day parade. The majority of the hometown retailers owned by May, including Marshall Field's, will be converted to the Macy's nameplate this fall, among them Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Filene's in Boston; Strawbridge's in Philadelphia; Foley's in Houston; Famous-Barr in St. Louis, Mo.; and Robinsons-May in Southern California. Federated has already renamed South Florida's Burdine's, Bon Marché in the Northwest, Rich's in Atlanta and Lazarus in Ohio. Only May's Lord & Taylor chain has retained its name--and it is up for sale...
Davis, who discovered Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys and more than a dozen other platinum acts, says, "I always encourage people to write their own songs, but in the pop arena, where the career is totally dependent on hits, you get skeptical. Artists with great voices like Melissa Manchester and Taylor Dayne could have had much longer careers if they didn't insist on writing their own material." Clarkson doesn't think of herself as a pop singer--"Rock is what I love," she says--and she's been writing songs since her teens, but rather than argue over labels...