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...Luminol, a chemical that causes blood to glow in the dark. Although he was a chemist, Barton claimed never to have heard of it but then added, "I had seen it on one episode of Columbo." The police got a positive reaction in Barton's car, on the ignition switch and a seat belt. Barton had no explanation for why there might be blood there, but he did have a challenge for them: "If there is a ton of blood in my car, why aren't you arresting me?" He said, "Well, now, why am I not in handcuffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Portrait of the Killer | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...well as the economy. But it also has political drawbacks--offending such traditional Democratic constituencies as the miners who could lose their jobs if the demand for coal drops, and rallying the opposition of powerful industries like oil and the utilities, which would face traumatic changes by a switch away from fossil fuels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capitol Hill Meltdown | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

Rebecca Chittum and Callie Conley will always be known as the switched-at-birth kids. But do they know it themselves? Depends on who's doing the raising. Becca, as her family calls her, has no inkling of the infamous switch. "She doesn't understand. It's too early to tell her," says Tommy Rogers, her "grandfather," that is, the father of Whitney Rogers, the woman who brought Becca home from the University of Virginia Medical Center in July 1995. Meanwhile, the woman who took Callie home from the same hospital prides herself on telling her "daughter" the truth. Calling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cradles of Contention | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

Bush the Younger has yet to learn the ways of running a campaign--and yet, long-time political journalists tell me that his campaign is better run than them all. First, they note, Bush, has a relatively small staff. He's known to switch speech topics at the last minute, change his schedule, and cancel events because he's too tired...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, | Title: A Cancer on Politics | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...loved the mid-roll-change option on Canon's Elph 2, which lets you swap partly used rolls in and out. I could save one roll for impromptu pics, then switch to a fresh one for parties or vacations. But the viewfinder was noticeably dull, actually discouraging me from taking shots. Minolta's silvery Vectis 2000 was the lightest of the trio and has a slick pull-open case. But it didn't seem so slick when I had to slap a piece of Scotch tape on the battery compartment to keep it from popping open. And the hatch marks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flawed Gems | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

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