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...everything from setting fire to an abandoned building in Colorado (it took 42 fire fighters to put it out) to vacuuming thousands of dollars in change from public bus boxes in San Francisco, to stealing $13,000 in computer equipment from a client in Syracuse. After a five-month probe at New Jersey's Meadowlands arena, a grand jury documented 20 cases in which Burns guards beat or otherwise abused patrons between 1987 and 1990. Burns has since been fired, and the grand jury has accused the arena's management of a "gross error in judgment" for renewing a contract...
...Council then tabled the possible probe for later discussion because it was unsure whether a leaks inquiry would be better handled by the City Manager or the District Attorney...
Walsh added that the culprits who released the documents, not the press, would be the target of a probe...
...database also includes numerous texts from the Classical period and a comprehensive glossary that allows students to probe into the original Greek vocabulary. When reading a work by Homer, Herodotus, Sophocles or others, students can highlight an English word and the original Greek word will appear with its meaning...
...textbook case of crisis mismanagement. Hit by hundreds of lawsuits and a federal probe into the safety of its silicone breast implants, Dow Corning spent much of the past year hunkered down in a defensive crouch -- stalling investigators, sitting on evidence and minimizing the complaints of women who said the devices caused them pain, disfigurement and serious autoimmune disorders. By the time the Food and Drug Administration called for a ban on the implants last month, Dow Corning's health and safety problem mushroomed into a public relations disaster...