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...record to give pilots and passengers pause: seven Piper Malibu Mirage aircraft have broken apart in midair in the past 22 months. The manufacturer, Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Fla., insists that the six-seat, single-engine plane is entirely airworthy. The Federal Aviation Administration has suspicions to the contrary and last week issued a directive grounding the 518 remaining Malibus in foul weather and limiting the ways the planes can be flown...
That persuaded a California judge to let federal agents tap the phone at Villabona's house in Malibu. They overheard him set up his biggest deal yet: a 3,000 kilo-a-month supply line to buyers in Detroit. Michigan police moved in when the would-be buyers tried to deliver $5 million in cash to a motel outside Detroit...
...swift roundup of the gang on Nov. 19, 1988, Bennett was arrested in Tempe and Villabona in Malibu. Harris was already serving a sentence for attempted murder. Last May they and five associates were convicted on a federal charge of conspiracy to import cocaine. This week they face sentencing. Bennett and Villabona were expected to get life imprisonment without parole. For Bennett, the thrilling ride on the fast track is over. The millions he spent are merely memories. His houses and fancy cars were seized by federal agents...
Everyone insists that Xu Jiatun has not defected. Beijing says so. Washington says so. And Xu himself says so through intermediaries. But it is clear that Xu had more on his mind than the inviting sands of Malibu when he and three relatives flew from Hong Kong to California four weeks ago. It isn't every day, after all, that a member of the Communist Party's Central Advisory Commission takes off for the hotbed of bourgeois liberalism without permission...
Riding atop the crest of a three-game winning streak, the Crimson duels with Eastern Regional number-one seed William & Mary today at noon in Williamsburg, Va. The Crimson--who recently upset ninth-ranked Pepperdine in Malibu, Cal.--must prevail in today's match to have a legitimate shot at capturing the Eastern Regional title and cracking the Top 25 polls that come out April 17th...