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Nearly two years later, the government's case, which had been billed as a slam dunk, is a shambles. On Oct. 2, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said prosecutors could not seek the death penalty for Moussaoui and could not even allege that he had a link to the 9/11 conspiracy. She put those shackles on the government's case because it had denied the defendant, on national-security grounds, access to witnesses who were in a position to say whether he was part of the 9/11 gang--Ramzi Binalshibh, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other key al-Qaeda figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Moussaoui Case Crumbled | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...that the injuries were in fact caused by a misstep during an IM soccer match. To Porter’s credit, though, it was probably his intense passion for the Red Sox, and not his complete lack of coordination, that caused him to trip over his own feet and slam face-first into the ground...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Gossip Guy | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...tennis trailblazer; of respiratory failure; in East Orange, N.J. Before the Civil Rights Act, she spoke volumes by playing an unapologetically fierce serve-and-volley game that dominated the women's side of the sport in the late '50s. As the first African American to compete in a Grand Slam, win titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals and join the L.P.G.A. golf tour, she cleared a path for Arthur Ashe, Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters. (Her advice to Venus before she became the first black woman since Gibson to win Wimbledon, in 2000: "Move your feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 13, 2003 | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...game deficit and smacked down their Bay-area competitors on California turf to win the decisive fifth game. Then, in the first game of the American League Championship Series, they clobbered three home runs past the Yankees’ impotent attempt at defense, issuing a painful body slam to inflated Yankee egos everywhere. The Yankees did manage to fight back last night at home, in their palatial Bronx nest. But, with troopers such as Johnny Damon, who will continue to play despite taking a devastating blow to the head while running after a fly ball in Oakland, and Nomar Garciaparra...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Yankees Suck | 10/10/2003 | See Source »

...commanding response to a second-game collapse that had shifted the momentum in Dartmouth’s favor. After a Miller kill gave Harvard a 27-25 lead, the Big Green took the last five points of the game, including two blocks to slam the door shut...

Author: By Carrie H. Petri, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Ogbechie Returns For W. Volleyball | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

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