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...issued a checklist of "letter and parcel bomb recognition points." That list indicates that excessive postage, oily stains or discolorations, the absence of a return address and protruding wires or tinfoil can all be signs of a mail bomb...
...battle to save this southern jewel of the National Park System has stirred national concern. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt visited the park in February and came back "absolutely appalled." Since then he has endorsed the idea of reclaiming thousands of acres of private property to protect this prime parcel of public land, an approach that could signal a fundamental shift in the way U.S. parkland is managed. "We can't defend the Everglades -- or Yellowstone -- just at their boundaries," says Jim Webb, regional director of the Wilderness Society. "We have to deal with the whole ecosystem...
...months leading up to the Feb. 28 raid, federal agents had amassed plenty of justification for entering the Waco compound. A neighbor had complained of hearing machine-gun fire. A United Parcel Service deliveryman spoke of dropping off two cases of "pineapple-type" hand grenades and black gunpowder to Ranch Apocalypse. Another source talked about Branch Davidians manufacturing live grenades and trying to develop a radio-controlled aircraft to carry explosives. All told, according to documents released last week by the ATF, David Koresh spent $199,715 on weapons and ammunition in the 17 months before the Feb. 28 raid...
Thomas first set up Wynn in a liquor distributorship and then arranged for him to buy a tiny parcel next to Caesars Palace that was owned by Howard Hughes. News of the sale to Wynn made front-page headlines because it was the first piece of Las Vegas property the reclusive Hughes had ever sold; what also got noticed was the price Caesars paid for the lot 11 months later to keep Wynn from building his own casino there ($2.25 million). Wynn walked away with a nice $766,000 profit. He used that money to accumulate more stock...
...Apocalypse. Federal agents began tracking frequent shipments of firepower that they say amounted to 8,000 lbs. of ammunition and enough parts to assemble hundreds of automatic and semiautomatic weapons. Some time ago a package addressed to the compound split open before it could be delivered by the United Parcel Service. The contents: hand grenades...