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...history, one that had led the White House to contemplate opening up military bases so children could go trick-or-treating in safety and that had induced otherwise rational residents to scurry in a zigzag formation across bland suburban parking lots. In three weeks, the case elicited 138,000 tip-line calls, seven times the number the Unabomber case yielded over 18 years. The 14 shots took 10 lives, though the tally may still not be complete. The FBI is investigating whether unsolved murders and petty thefts in other locales, from the West Coast to the South...
...uranium to weapons grade in gas centrifuges--the same method some now accuse Saddam Hussein of pursuing. To accomplish that, the reclusive North Koreans needed to buy know-how and equipment abroad, including high-strength aluminum for the whirling centrifuges. By late July, the CIA had picked up enough tip-offs to conclude that Pyongyang was procuring banned supplies. By late summer, a Bush aide says, "things fell in place, and we could...
...strange confidence" about a second big attack against the U.S. "Before Sept. 11, bin Laden would talk in general terms about a major attack coming and a major, major attack following," says al Fagih. "He would say, 'The first attack is going to be this size,' pointing to the tip of his finger, 'and the next is going to be this size,' indicating the whole length of his finger...
...called claiming to be the sniper, and police have traced each one, only to find a jokester at the other end. And a Virginia man who had offered the best witness description yet has been charged with giving false information. More than 70,000 calls have poured into the tip line, generating 14,487 leads. But most callers leave general suggestions or rants. Police have tracked down men who match the killer's profile, but they have turned out to have alibis. One was a man known for belligerence and a fondness for firearms who was found to be sick...
...best chances of the night, senior forward Joey Yenne beat several players to get upfield and seemed to have Princeton goalkeeper Jean Poster beat high with a shot from the 18, but Poster managed to barely tip it over the crossbar. The ensuing corner kick led to Sedgwick’s game-winning header...