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...with links to four French nationals killed in Iraq since July. Two of the 11 were preparing to leave for Syria en route to Iraq, according to French investigators. Security officials across the European Union are moving to stop the flow, while in Britain the government has caused a storm with proposals for powers to sentence some suspected terrorists to indefinite house arrest - without charge or trial. Intelligence officials and independent experts estimate that there are between 1,000 and 3,000 foreign insurgents in Iraq. Between 30 and 50 of those are believed by French authorities to have been...
...systemic problems ranging from potholes to graffiti to snow removal to floodwater. When 2003's Hurricane Isabel hit and calls about submerged streets cascaded into the downtown Baltimore call center, the water department mapped the calls' origins down to the address and then applied maps of the city's storm-water system. Department officials determined which storm drains were clogged and sent crews to clear them. "311 is genius in its simplicity," says Ted O'Keefe, director of Chicago's 311 City Services Center...
...Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is sending out special clandestine teams--seem to critics like a power grab. But the Defense Department says its agents can deliver intelligence on military targets that's finer-grained than what the CIA provides--for example, architectural details of a building that commandos must storm...
...call one of its new models the Celica Tsunami. The car's tag line: "The new wave of bold style." The sporty coupe was even offered in a dark color dubbed "thunder cloud." But shortly after a real tsunami devastated Asia, the company realized it could face a storm of bad publicity. Toyota pulled its Tsunami ads and has quietly changed the car's name to the Celica Sport Package...
PINKER: Look, the truth cannot be offensive. Perhaps the hypothesis is wrong, but how would we ever find out whether it is wrong if it is “offensive” even to consider it? People who storm out of a meeting at the mention of a hypothesis, or declare it taboo or offensive without providing arguments or evidence, don’t get the concept of a university or free inquiry...