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...foot-long horizontal cut was found across Andrews' abdomen, says Dr. Rogelio Marcial, the coroner. It was a postmortem assault. She had been killed with a gunshot wound to the back that pierced her heart. The baby was removed within the next seven to 10 minutes. "This was a well-planned affair," said Marcial. The information for making the cut is widely available. According to Marcial: "all you have to do is look at books or the Internet, something like Babyzone. It's just like making bombs." Police believe Michelle Bica may have started keeping track of Andrews when they...
...space in this column between now and November 7 will be dedicated to the presidential race, the impact of which will last far into the coming century. Every week, Democratic and Republican columnists will try to woo you to their cause, and they will offer debate analysis and the postmortem on what, ultimately, this election turned. We on the editorial page look forward to a vigorous debate and energetic participation on the part of you, the letter-writing readership...
...lashed out at the government's handling of the issue and vowed to hold a congressional investigation. But even if Congress becomes embroiled in debating whether Janet Reno was too heavy-handed or whether the Miami family's tactics left her no choice, that discussion ultimately remains a political postmortem that will pertain more to the battle for votes in November than to the future of Elian Gonzalez. Even as an election issue, the fact that millions of American voters were clearly horrified by the enforcement operation may be canceled out by the fact that a majority favored returning...
HORTON HEARS A HOOCHIE Tupac Shakur and Dr. Seuss are the kings of postmortem product. Seuss's ninth posthumous book shipped last week; Shakur is on his fifth beyond-the-grave album. How do they stack...
...switch after each task is completed. Copilot Origel has told investigators that he recalled reading the checklist while Buschmann flew the jet, but investigators still haven't been satisfied about why certain steps -- first and foremost the deployment of the wing spoilers -- apparently weren't performed. A mechanical postmortem may help them decide; the wrecked plane got the Flight 800 treatment on Tuesday and was moved to a hangar for autopsy. The plane's spoiler system will be removed and sent to NTSB labs for testing that, in a few weeks, could definitively decide between pilot and mechanical error...