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...Became Seattle's police chief in 2000 and brought the city's crime rate to a 40-year low. During the so-called "Mardi Gras Riots" in 2001, however, Kerlikowske ordered his officers to stand down while drunken partygoers committed assaults. In the end, one person was killed, many were injured and the incident was seen as a black mark on Kerlikowske's record...
...think the important thing is that I can actually stand up and talk to you." - After being shot with a Taser gun as part of a department demonstration, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sept...
...ruler in A.D. 178 put down a peasant revolt by encircling the rebels with chariots heaped with limestone powder. Accompanied by a cacophonous troupe of drummers, the charioteers pumped the powder into a primitive tear gas even more corrosive and lethal than its modern equivalent. The peasants didn't stand a chance. (Read "Could Israel Face War Crimes Charges Over Gaza...
...music, they have more intensely studied the history of “The Perfect Three-Minute Pop Song.” They are proud scholars of this history but are determined to make their own.Given this devotion, it might be easy to dismiss the album as a series of stand-alone, mixtape-bound singles. But POBPAH shows signs of craftsmanship that, while not wholly successful this time around, are evocative of a strong sense of self and suggest future promise.The album could have opened with the driving guitars and “woo woo” vocals...
...India's help was needed to strengthen the government's legal case, Qureshi said. "What they said was not legally tenable," he added, in a reference to the Indian dossier. "We need evidence that can stand up to the test of law." India promised to share whatever information it can with Pakistan. "This is a positive development," the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said of Pakistan's findings. "It remains India's goal to bring the perpetrators of the terrorist attack on Mumbai to book, and to follow this process through...