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When Brad Koteshwar, a private investor in Scottsdale, Ariz., decided to sink $6,000 into the stock of a hot local company, stun-gun maker Taser International, in January 2004, he knew it was risky. The stock price had already soared nearly 2000% in 2003, and that kind of phenomenal growth just can't last forever. "We got in a little late," admits Koteshwar, who with his wife Sheila also holds seminars and publishes a newsletter on stock investing. But police departments from Kansas City, Mo., to San Jose, Calif., were placing large orders for Taser's weapons, which emit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Zap to Zzzzz | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...Iraqi officer begins chatting with the children; before long one of them reveals that Tamimi had been in the apartment moments before the troops rushed in. "He's still here," the officer tells the Americans. Soon a Green Beret is heard yelling and laughing in the kitchen. Under the sink he'd kicked a thin wall. Behind it was Tamimi, a thin sketch of a man, curled into a ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Back Iraq's Streets | 3/19/2005 | See Source »

When Murphy took a voluntary dive from the seven-meter platform—still wearing a tie and khakis—the Crimson swimmers let their EISL victory sink in, treading water with their coach in the lanes they had dominated all weekend...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Swimming, Red-Hot Cole Take EISL Title | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

...President”). Although it has its rough spots, A New White. is easily one of the most innovative albums of 2005 so far, in any genre. Like Dose One’s legendary (and relatively impenetrable) Circle LP with producer Boom Bip, this music takes a while to sink in, especially for Drucker neophytes, but rewards repeated listens with some of the most innovative underground music, operating at the futuristic fringes where broad labels become not only arbitrary, but totally irrelevant...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New White. | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

Rourke, who transferred from Mesa (Ariz.) Community College prior to the season, poured in 20 second-half points on 7-of-8 shooting from the floor and went 6-of-6 from the line to sink Harvard. Hitting an assortment of layups and mid-range jumpers, the 6’8 junior helped turn around a 26-22 halftime deficit. His jump shot with 9:53 to play put Cornell ahead 42-40, a lead the Big Red would not relinquish for the remainder of the game...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rourke, Cornell Down M. Basketball | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

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