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...Metzler is more hopeful about his apartment above Coral Lanes but doesn't think he'll be able to return to it for about a week. Being ordered to evacuate was like getting "smacked in the face," says Metzler, who had spent eight hours on Thursday sandbagging with friends, family and volunteers. "It was heartbreaking...
...aunt and uncle had been hospitalized with pneumonia-related complications and his niece been diagnosed with cancer. Also, he said, "my mom is freaking out." The judge swiftly denied the man's request to be excused, dismissed the three alternates and snapped, "We've reached the point of no return." He sent the jurors back to deliberation. Finally, after a total of about seven hours, jurors reached a unanimous not guilty vote...
...were stepped up and better equipped, penalties for breaking the rules were increased, and some 60 camera traps were placed around the park. At the same time, forest officials won over the Mogiya community--a nomadic hunting tribe that had turned to poaching--with jobs, housing and schooling. In return, the Mogiya agreed to help authorities crack open poaching rings...
...negotiate." Terrified by intelligence reports that exaggerated the reach of the German Luftwaffe, Chamberlain agreed to hand over 3 million Sudeten Germans, even though doing so was more likely to embolden Hitler than placate him. But while Munich was a sellout that showed Hitler how reluctant Britain was to return to war, it was not the cause of World War II any more than the breakdown in talks with Iran could be said to be the cause of Tehran's intensification of its uranium enrichment. The same people who rightly charge Chamberlain with underestimating Hitler seem to believe (naively) that...
...expected to be charged, the ruling could bring a change. One-third of them have already been cleared for release but are being held until a country can be found to accept them. Roughly 50 are considered refugees, meaning they might face torture or other mistreatment if they are returned to their countries of origin. Others are still being held as a possible danger to the U.S., in case they decide to return to the battlefield. Lawyers for detainees in these categories are likely to file cases under the new ruling in the hope of speeding their release...