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...religious strains of the insurgency--did. In August 2004, the son was arrested after his car scanned positive for explosives residue. But he was quickly released, a retired DIA analyst says, under pressure from Iraq's government, to keep channels open to his father. "It would be difficult to lure Harith into the tent if Muthanna were in jail," says the former officer...
DIED. ELWOOD (BUCK) PERRY, 90, enterprising angler who invented structure fishing-- a system of attracting deepwater fish by mapping out the underlying contours of a body of water, which he said revealed the routes taken by traveling fish--and the bottom-bumping Spoonplug lure to facilitate it; in Taylorsville, N.C. Although he patented the lure in 1946, his Spoonplug business did not take off until 1957, when he caught hundreds of bass at a demonstration at supposedly "fished-out" Lake Marie, near Chicago...
...reduced mortality has come from minimizing the interactions between bears and humans. Sheep-grazing rights once brought lots of food into grizzly territory on National Forest land, for example, but grazing allotments have been all but phased out. Garbage dumps and piles of entrails left behind by elk hunters lure grizzlies into areas where they are more likely to be hit by cars or run into people who have to kill them in self-defense. But again, many dumps have been shut down, and the Wyoming game and fish department is working with hunting groups to make sure kills...
...oldest sport, but it doesn't lack for innovation. As marketers aim to lure more women and children to the waters, stay-dry duds, flashy lures and novice-friendly rods are all catching on. Here's some of the newest gear making waves this summer...
Thomas Nelson says the biblezines are a way to lure young readers to God's word. Although Christian publishing is booming--according to the Book Industry Study Group, sales of Bibles and other religious books are expected to swell to $2.1 billion this year, a 10.5% increase over 2004--experts fear that sales of traditional Bibles may stall. Spurred by biblezines and surging demand for all things Christian, year-end profits for the $238 million company rose 23%, to $19.8 million...