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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...worst hit areas were between 35 miles and 60 miles (60 km to 100 km) northeast of Melbourne. There, the town of Kinglake lost 20 of its residents, St Andrews, 12, Marysville eight, and Steels Creek seven. It happened quickly. Marysville motel owner Christine Adams says that the only warning was a red glow in the sky. "We sent the guests packing and put a few things in the car and then we saw the flames. It was like a huge fireball that came over the hill. It was moving very fast and we grabbed a few more things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horror and Tragedy in Australia's Worst Wildfires | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

What was it like when you saw your first crime scene? The first one I went into was in a motel bathroom. It was a suicide. There was a lot of blood. I was surprised that it wasn't actually that bad, because I'd seen bloody walls and bloody bathrooms on television. It was so impersonal I couldn't relate it to anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Clean Up a Crime Scene | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...agreement by the city to develop the rather unprepossessing, 5,700 sq. ft. home - Lee called it the Crane's Nest - rescues the two-story property from ignoble obscurity. It has been operating as a "love motel" catering to amorous couples looking to rent a room for an hour for a romantic tryst. Last year, the home's owner, Chinese real estate tycoon and philanthropist Yu Panglin, announced plans to sell it for up to $13 million so he could donate the proceeds to victims of the Sichuan earthquake. But that caused an uproar among Bruce Lee fans, who feared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bruce Lee's Last Home to Become a Hong Kong Tourist Attraction | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

...Police alerted Harry to an incident at Bible Town, a ministry retreat in Boca Raton. "Bettie was running through the motel complex, waving a .22-caliber pistol and shouting about the retribution of God." Harry, taking pity on his volatile ex-wife, brought her home to stay with him and his children - Larry, 16, and Linda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bondage Babe Bettie Page Dies at 85 | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...When you go to Guantanamo, where do you stay? We stay on one side of the bay in a military motel. Every morning, we get on a ferry and go across Guantanamo Bay and we're picked up and taken to the prison camp on the other side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Defending the Detainees | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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