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...convicted respectively on 18 and 20 counts of murder and attempted murder; both were sentenced to life in prison in 1985. While German lifers, on average, become eligible for parole after 17 years, the judge ordered Mohnhaupt and Klar to serve at least 24 and 26 years respectively, in light of their "particularly heavy guilt." Mohnhaupt may be paroled next month, and her prison warden said her psychological assessment showed no risk of "backsliding." Klar is not eligible for parole until 2009, but he has appealed for early release. "Of course, I have to acknowledge my guilt," he wrote...
...Ever since conductive polymers were developed in the 1970s, researchers and entrepreneurs have wondered whether they could make commercially viable plastic electronics. Unlike microchips made of amorphous silicon and glass, polymer chips are light, hard to break and - perhaps best of all - as cheap as plastic. Although plastic transistors don't perform well enough to make the polymer PC a realistic goal for many years, they are quickly becoming suitable for applications where fragile silicon chips are impractical. Imagine electronics so cheap you could put them in disposable packaging, for example, or so light and flexible you could put them...
...casual or commuting city rider to whom the bikes are pitched, however, small wheels are a plus, delivering a lower center of gravity and a stabler ride. What's more, the low profile means it's easier to hop on and off or to balance at stoplights, and the light weight makes accelerating easier. Finally, even the cleverest urban thief won't be able to pinch your ride if you can just fold it up and take it inside when you reach your destination...
...fraction of a second, the pizza loses a bit of its airy perfection. The other advantage of eating it right there by the oven is that you avoid having to share it with anyone back at the table. Unlike the gut-busting, fully loaded fast-food pizzas, these are light as soufflés. As terrific as Ernesto's thin-crust pizza is, his greatest achievement may be his monumental pizza fritta, a deep-fried crescent of folded pizza dough stuffed with ricotta, like a calzone for angels. Suffice it to say these golden puffs are worth every calorie...
...each other. Then, on that clear, bright morning, the enemy struck—not terrorists, but that other enemy: entrepreneurs. These thugs and assassins, who mercilessly engage in self-described “guerilla advertising,” deliberately planted—in the coldest of blood—lighted devices around our fair city. Their plan? To forever change our way of life by inducing us to watch a certain television program, evilly titled “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” The perpetrators of this plot, who—much like Osama bin Laden and Ayman...