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Today most forensics labs that conduct the test rely instead on scanning electron microscopes. Just touch a bit of tape to a suspect's hands, place it under the scope and hit it with a stream of electrons. The elements in gunpowder give off distinct X-ray signatures, and if they are there, the electron beam will spot them. The drawback? "You don't get to see the terror on people's faces when you pour hot paraffin on their hands," says Fischer. "I think it encouraged some people to confess...
...learn that the niece of the film’s protagonist, a journalist named Rachel (Naomi Watts), has died under very unusual circumstances. Using her investigative skills and instincts, Rachel begins to ask questions about her niece’s death, and hears rumors of the strange, deadly tape...
Further sleuthing leads Rachel to the tape, which, of course, she promptly proceeds to pop it into her VCR and watch. Immediately afterwards, Rachel’s phone rings, and an unearthly voice tells her, in a not-very-nice tone, “seven days.” The rest of the movie is divided into seven episodes (day 1, day 2, etc), in which Rachel and her ex-lover Noah—conveniently an expert in video technology—attempt to determine the tape’s provenance...
...Democrats are hoping that they can be persuaded to ignore candidates' deficiencies and vote strategically--that countering the power of a Republican White House is more important than, say, punishing Wellstone for breaking his promise to retire after two terms or Iowa's Tom Harkin for obtaining a tape of his opponent's strategy meeting. But as long as war fever surpasses economic chills and President Bush's poll numbers remain aloft, the Democrats may have a hard time persuading anyone to care...
...Qaeda on the rebound? Evidence is starting to mount that it is. U.S. officials believe that audiotaped statements purported to be from Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, broadcast recently on al-Jazeera, are authentic. Although the bin Laden tape is not thought to be new, U.S. counterterrorism officials told Time that al-Zawahiri's statement-which warned of imminent attacks on the U.S. and its allies-was probably recorded in the past two months. "This is a way of telling people that al-Zawahiri isn't dead," says a White House aide. The U.S. believes...