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Thieves can clone any car by writing down its VIN--which is required by law to be displayed on the bottom of the dashboard and is also found on parts of the frame--and using bar-code software, high-quality home printers and metal-stamping tools to create identical tags for a stolen car of the same make and model. If a car has duplicated tags, a police officer running the VIN through his computer during a routine traffic stop can't tell that...
...those things!--it was the last time that stars of the gallery circuit were also famous in the wider world. The decade included not only the wild-style markings of Basquiat but also the slatherings on broken plates of Julian Schnabel, the lovable doodles of Keith Haring, the metallic metal bunny balloon of Jeff Koons--even your mother had heard about that stuff...
...police brutality. Ties with the U.S. are also frayed over uncertainties about post-war Iraq. Observers note that the country's best-seller lists currently include Adolf Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf and Metal Storm, a fictional debut by two local authors in which the U.S. invades Turkey. "This is just the beginning," warns Berkan. "I expect this wave of nationalism to grow." - By Pelin Turgut Hard Times UNITED NATIONS Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed reforms to the global body, including enlarging the Security Council and establishing new rules for authorizing military force. The broadly welcomed proposals were overshadowed...
...small but close group of friends. They hung out a few times a week at one another's houses, talking and watching TV. "The people saying he didn't have any friends are just talking to each other," says Jen Stately, 16, who wears Vans skateboarding sneakers and a metal stud in her lip. "They never talked to him. He was the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet." Among the girls in the group, Weise was known as the rare boy who could talk about his feelings and listen to others. "He was always trying to help other...
...core of the PSP: the games. Of the five provided for review - Wipeout Pure, Twisted Metal Head-on, Gretzky NHL, NBA and World Tour Soccer - none strike me as a must-have the way Grand Theft Auto became for the PlayStation 2. Still, they are pretty incredible for such a small device. The graphics and game play sophistication rival that of Sony's home system, the PS2. The sports games almost exactly mimic their "big-screen" counterparts with full rosters that you can manipulate and on-the-fly playmaking. Wipeout Pure, part of the futuristic Wipeout racing series...