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...hundreds of rank-and-file police and soldiers. Although cartel hitmen traditionally kill their targets with firearms, they have lately grown increasingly sophisticated and ruthless - drug gangs are alleged to be behind a bomb that exploded in Mexico City in February and grenades that were thrown into a crowded plaza in September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plane Crash Kills Mexico's Deputy Leader | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

Democracy Disney World at New York City's Election Plaza, 4:35 p.m. E.T. The unseasonably warm weather brought tourists and New Yorkers out in droves to Rockefeller Center's "Election Plaza," an enchanting display of democracy on ice - literally. NBC has temporarily transformed the iconic Rockefeller skating rink into a frozen map of the U.S.; the states will turn red or blue this evening as the election results are announced. In front of the art deco landmark, a gigantic TV screens display footage of the past 20 months of the campaign as The Today Show ticker streams news updates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

Controversy comes naturally to director Oliver Stone - particularly when it concerns movies about presidents. In 1991, JFK envisioned a Daley Plaza assassination incorporating a government conspiracy and multiple shooters. In 1995, Nixon theorized as to what was to be found on those missing minutes from the White House tapes (a revelation about a covert CIA operation in Cuba that was launched during the Eisenhower years, was known of by Nixon, and subsequently led to the killing of President Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: W.: The Official Film Guide | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...through Dec. 31 will get a flight voucher for $198 toward a domestic ticket, or $298 toward destinations in Canada. (Flights must be booked 21 days in advance, and include a Saturday night.) To entice you to stay, Holiday Inn's parent company, IHG, which also owns Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites, has partnered with Google Earth and created a new search tool for visitors. Guests can download the free program, scan the world for IHG properties, tour the hotel in 3-D and see nearby attractions and local traffic and weather reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel News: Airports' Fast-Access Debuts at Sports Arenas | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...CCHR doesn’t sound familiar, “Anonymous” might. Anonymous, which has previously protested against the Church of Scientology, brought swarms of its members to Brattle Plaza several times during the exhibition’s run, donning matching costumes each time to register their disapproval...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Anti-Psychiatry Exhibit Causes Stir | 10/10/2008 | See Source »

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