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...Labs A pre-launch look at several new features that are in the works, including...
...Virtual Earth All the major portals have been busy beefing up their search features, but MSN's Virtual Earth looks like it might top them all. It's due to launch mid-summer, so we haven't been able to test it out first-hand. But if the features work as advertised, you'll get the same navigation and manipulation tools that you get with Yahoo and Google's maps, but with an interesting twist: you will also have the option of viewing an aerial photograph of the local area, or select Hybrid View to see the photo with streets...
...experienced experts in nuclear technology to be able to intentionally provoke a nuclear accident from within a reactor," he says. Stephen Floyd, a vice president of regulatory affairs at the NEI, argues that terrorists wouldn't even try: "It doesn't seem very credible to us that terrorists would launch an attack against a nuclear power plant that's very heavily armed, especially when you look at other facilities that aren't so heavily defended that could cause great harm to the public as well." He points to chemical plants as an example...
...that just before a mock attack against a DOE facility in 2003, Wackenhut "attackers" tipped off Wackenhut guards about the particulars of the drill. Under the new rules, NRC referees are supposed to pay close attention to ensure that Wackenhut's fake attackers aren't holding back when they launch a mock strike against a plant Wackenhut workers are defending. "It's going to be pretty obvious if the adversary force is taking it easy," says Richard Michau, president of Wackenhut's nuclear-services division. The NRC's Diaz says hiring Wackenhut was necessary to get a beefed-up fake...
...Angeles enough to shake off the paparazzi. So she's trying something new--fighting back. The Herbie: Fully Loaded star is pressing charges against a photographer who she says rammed her Mercedes last month in pursuit of a shot. The accident spurred the Los Angeles police department to launch a probe into the increasingly aggressive tactics paparazzi employ to catch celebs in such newsworthy acts as picking up dry cleaning. Freeway shootings and gang violence are important too, but someone's got to protect a starlet's right to park at the mall...