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Even with all this data in hand, good luck or a good tip may still be necessary to nab the suspect. But investigators are less dependent than ever on chance, and what they have unveiled this week is only a sampling of what they have in their high-tech kits. There are computer programs that turn muddy surveillance videos into crisp digital images. There are chemical scanners that probe evidence, one molecule at a time. There are experimental--and controversial--sensors that analyze a suspect's brain waves and determine what he knows and what he doesn't. The business...
...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...
...wanted Torch (the Senator's nick name) to stay in, told him to "count to 10" before making a decision. But by 1:30 PM in a conference call with Daschle, Corzine, and McGreevey, Torch came back to his original inclination to withdraw. And so, with a blue felt tip pen on a yellow legal pad, he wrote his farewell speech...
...call the students who graduate bottom of their Harvard classes?” “Harvard graduates.” The old jokes are, if not the best, than certainly the most comforting. However, even the most cursory glance at the Harvard student body would tip off the casual observer that most undergraduates are unable to grasp that simple premise. In spite of the furor over falling numbers at last week’s Phillips Brooks House Association First-Year Day of Service—where 25 students participated, compared to more than 300 eager volunteers the previous year?...
...solution Harvard hit upon was to emphasize the priority it places on students behaving honorably—which professors and admissions officials say really did provide a potential legal escape route and tip the balance against letting students break commitments...