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...hours a day. There are about seven detainees per container, and up to 40 are allowed into one of the many recreation yards at any one time. "These guys are bad guys; they're the worst of the worst," says Brigadier General David Quantock, the commander of Task Force 134 which oversees the detention system in Iraq. He walks past a handful of detainees playing table tennis. "These are the guys the Iraqi government wants." (See pictures of the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib detainee scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Waterfront: The U.S. Prison for Iraq's Worst | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

Given the possibility that the victims may all have been female prostitutes, a task force of 40 police detectives has begun reviewing a list of women reported missing since the mid-1990s, along with missing women outside of Albuquerque. In an ironic twist, it turns out that Ross has a connection to two of the four women identified so far. Her younger sister went to high school with one and her teenage daughter is in dance class with the other woman's daughter. Says Ross: "I keep thinking about it over and over and I just can't believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Albuquerque's Mysterious Mass Grave | 3/14/2009 | See Source »

...that a new world is being created. That's your daily reality--and ours. What I am telling you is that our mission at TIME is to help you navigate this new world--to explain what is changing and why and what you can do about it. Our task going forward is to use great reporting, great writing, great photography and great video online to be your guide to this new and changing world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Navigating the New World | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

Granted, the "Prince" is slowly getting better.  Now they just need to take that bold final move and decide whether to employ a real Sexpert, or continue to leave the awkward task to Princeton's UHS officials...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Around the Ivies | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...inspiration, the classic 1986-7 graphic novel written by Alan Moore. Moore, who deliberately divorces himself from all film adaptations of his works—including “V for Vendetta” and “From Hell”—left a daunting task for eager filmmakers. Any worthy onscreen adaptation would need to capture the gritty depth and scope that have made the book so influential, while preserving the pace and stylistic flair of a thriller.In conveying the book’s events and emotion, Snyder largely succeeds. The high revenue of his last...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Watchmen | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

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