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...baby girl. Friends say he liked to buy Tommy Hilfiger clothes and new cars. He politely chatted with neighbors when he took his car to Test & Tune and ate at Wanda's Restaurant. Over the past four years, he brought three bodies to a nearby crematory, telling co-owner Glenda Wilson his equipment was down and he needed a favor, she says. She always complied, free of charge. The Marsh clan went about the business of living, all the while surrounded by rotting corpses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dead And Forsaken | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

...people, but we don't really know." Certainly, in contrast to the American military, the CIA seems to be here for the duration. In Mazar they have rented a house for 6 months at $2500 a month. "They took an option to extend for a year," says the owner, "they're planning to be here for as long as it takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Answers in Mazar-e-Sharif | 3/2/2002 | See Source »

...club. The day’s gun offerings included a 9mm Beretta, a 9mm Glock, a .45 automatic, a .44 magnum, a .38 special, a Ruger 9mm carbine, an HK-MP5 (a big-ass machine gun à la Rambo) and a Benelli 12-gauge shotgun, which the range owner, Jim McLoud, reports is popular among law enforcement officers because “that’s what it’s good...

Author: By Peter L. Hopkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gunning for a Good Time | 2/28/2002 | See Source »

Three years ago, Bill Sopko Sr. made the biggest gamble of his business career. With the economy booming, Sopko, the owner of an automotive-parts plant in Euclid, Ohio, invested $6 million in the latest gear to manufacture a critical brake component for heavy trucks. With a new 3,000-ton stamping press, he would reduce costs from $14 per unit to $9. Recouping his investment, he knew, could take as long as 10 years. But with plenty of orders in the pipeline, Sopko figured he had made a shrewd move. What he didn't calculate was getting caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protectionism: Steeling Jobs | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...there are signs owners are catching on. Teams this year were allowed for the first time to market their own licensed apparel; the Sharks recently sealed a deal with Adidas worth around $400,000, which includes a one-month training trip to the U.S. A new Taiwanese-owned team allowed into the league this year, the privately held Sina Lions, is raising the bar in terms of shrewd professionalism. Co-owner Daniel Tu managed to drum up $1 million in sponsorships in the Lions' first season. Still, the U.S.-educated Tu, former president of STAR TV in Taiwan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brick City | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

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