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...quite so far. But last week's classified FBI Intelligence Bulletin did say the arrest of Mohammed "deals a severe blow to al-Qaeda's ability to plan and carry out attacks against the United States." That includes "spectacular" operations. The bulletin says Mohammed met last year with Jose Padilla, an American convert to Islam who was arrested in Chicago last summer on his return from meetings with al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan. Mohammed, says the bulletin, discussed with Padilla "a plot involving the detonation of a radiological device" in the U.S. Mohammed, speaking to his interrogators last week, referred...
...About 20% of all NBA merchandise--including NBA Cologne in Spain and NBA school supplies in Latin America--is now sold outside the U.S., providing an extra $430 million in annual revenue. And that doesn't include the countless knock-off jerseys with creative team names like the San Jose Bulls that fly off Third World shelves. The NBA is building an NBA City theme restaurant in the Dominican Republic (the other one is in Orlando, Fla.) and is thinking of opening freestanding NBA stores in Asia and Europe. Separate NBA boutiques exist in big department stores like El Corte...
...JOSE MATEO’S BALLET THEATRE. Take a critically-acclaimed ballet company, add a dash of cabaret atmosphere, and what do you get? Local choreographer Jose Mateo’s new show, which will unveil two new dances in a novel setting that places dancers and spectators on the same visual plane. Audience members can sip cocktails during the show, making this one of the classiest and most relaxed evenings of ballet around. Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March...
...that actually happening? The California District Attorney's Association maintains that its members are receptive to mitigating factors in trials. It's hard to get an exact measure, but, according to the San Jose Mercury News, the number of three strikes convictions has plummeted, from 1,382 in 1996 to 538 for the first ten months of 2001. While some of that could be attributed to a deterrent effect of the three strikes law, it's also possible that judges are loosening their definition of three strikes...
...Jose Graziano Da Silva As Food Security Minister, the former economist will run Lula's Zero Hunger project...