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...their time between the professor's lectern and the government negotiating table; both were well-known and respected within government and academic circles but virtually unknown to the general public. "Easy targets," noted Donatella Della Porta, a terrorist expert at the University of Florence. Police even believe the same pistol was used to kill both...
...mink coat J.J. gave her. "This coat is your brother," Dallas grumbles. "I've always hated this coat.") What can we say? Walda loved the lug, and Walter didn't; he thought Bill was pulling a Cahn job. According to Walda, Winchell once stormed into her apartment, brandished his pistol and threatened to kill her rather than let her marry Cahn. Walda went into a tizz, and her parents tried to have her institutionalized. The girl was heartbroken, maybe mind-bent, and Cahn disappeared...
...demands may have been preposterous, but the photos attached to the e-mail were bone chilling. In one, two hands held a black 9-mm pistol to Pearl's head. A later barrage of e-mails accused Pearl of working for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad and claimed Pearl would be executed if the group's demands were not met at once. The group also warned other U.S. journalists to leave Pakistan or "be targeted." The affair underscores the dangers journalists have faced in the region since the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan; eight have been killed...
...stun gun, the Advanced Taser M-18L, looks like a pistol. But instead of firing bullets, it shoots tethered darts that hook into the skin or clothes. Victims typically scream in pain and writhe on the floor until the shock subsides--usually within a minute. Heavy-duty tasers are already used by more than 1,000 police departments in the U.S.; United Airlines just bought 1,300. And now Taser, sensing a new market opportunity in post-Sept. 11 anxiety, is launching its first models aimed at ordinary citizens. Prices start...
...WAAGNER, 45, an escaped convict and one of the fbi's 10 Most Wanted fugitives, for allegedly mailing more than 550 hoax anthrax letters signed "Army of God" to about 280 abortion clinics; in Cincinnati, Ohio. Waagner, found with $8,986 in cash and a .40-caliber loaded semiautomatic pistol, had escaped from an Illinois jail in February. CONVICTED. A. ALFRED TAUBMAN, 76, the former chairman of Sotheby's, of conspiring with rival auction house Christie's to fix commissions paid by fine art sellers; in New York. His net worth at the time of the scam was $700 million...