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...Coast Guard station in Newburyport, Mass, tried to sink and retrieve the carcass last Monday, said Chris J. Falcone, a petty officer there. But the retrieval effort was unsuccessful...
Which, as everyone on the team hopes will soon sink in, is a pretty good realization to come to right before the Ivy League schedule kicks into high gear...
...Sweden-bound ferry that sank Tuesday, killing 1,102 people, had a door missing in its bow, according to Swedish authorities. Investigators said the door may have been ripped out by crashing waves, causing the ship to roll over and sink in a matter of minutes off the southwestern coast of Sweden. Another possibility is that the door "may have been left untied," says TIME reporter Ulla Plon in Copenhagen. Authorities maintained that the ferry complied with Swedish maritime safety standards. "They are now looking at whether those safety standards should be changed," says Plon. Investigators are using an unmanned...
...order for a satire to succeed, it must blur the line between exaggeration and reality. The reader, or in the case of a movie the viewer, must believe what he or she is seeing. Only after a few moments of reflection will the true meaning sink in, the object of derision be spotted and the author's point be made. In Oliver Stone's new release, "Natural Born Killers," none of the qualifications for satire are met. Instead, Stone pummels the viewer with a series of images, linking the plot together as if he, not just the two main characters...
...There's a cop nearby, but he makes no move on the 6-ft. 3-in. teenager who is taking aim. That's because the patrolman is one of about 75 spectators who have dropped by for an Under the Stars basketball game -- and the shooter simply wants to sink a basket. Every Tuesday and Thursday night inside Dunbar High School gym -- 12 blocks from the Capitol and five from one of Washington's most notorious drug markets -- the only shots the police have to worry about are lay-ups and free throws...