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...clock on the evening of April 30, 1994, the door bell rang at 31 Willow Way, Woking, a commuter town near London that epitomizes southern England's suburban landscape. Karen Reed, a 33-year-old geophysicist who analyzed seismic data for a living, was enjoying a glass of white wine with a friend when they heard a man's muffled voice through the window. "Have you ordered a pizza?" Karen opened the door - whereupon the pizza deliverer drew a 0.38 pistol and shot her several times in the head with calm deliberation. The killer then ran back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Gangsterism | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...momentum," we've already seen the final round. And while Barack Obama's 14-point victory in North Carolina - a big state that he was nonetheless expected to win - was decisive, it was his close loss in Indiana that revealed the trends that have brought the Democratic presidential campaign near to a close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Faltering Case for Staying In | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...four buildings contain a total of 148,000 square feet of laboratory space and are located along Albany and Sidney Streets, near Central Square and MIT’s University Park. The neighborhood has become a hub for life sciences and pharmaceutical companies in recent years, with some saying the area boasts the largest concentration of biotechnology companies in the world...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: MIT's Newest Acquisitions | 5/6/2008 | See Source »

...taking, and the Crimson took it all. Harvard sliced the six-seat margin to two in the third 500 meters, taking further advantage of its strong base speed to set up a dramatic final 500 meters. As the two boats picked up the rating near the MIT boathouse, the Crimson increased the pressure and eventually pulled even with Northeastern in the final 100 meters of the race...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Takes Four of Five Races Against Northeastern | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

...trigger that led to the unraveling of Josef Fritzl's double life. The fate of her family came to light after doctors, mystified by her ailment, publicly appealed for her mother to come forward because they needed her medical history. Josef and Elisabeth were then seized by police near the hospital. (See photos of Austria's house of horrors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Children of the Cellar | 5/2/2008 | See Source »

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