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Congress is about to make life a lot tougher--and more expensive--for people like the Trapp family of Plantation, Fla. As if their life isn't hard enough already. Eight-year-old Annelise, the oldest of the three Trapp children, is a bright, spunky, dark-haired wisp who suffers from a degenerative muscular condition. She lives in a wheelchair or bed, is tied to a respirator at least eight hours a day, eats mostly through a tube and requires round-the-clock nursing care. Doctors have implanted steel rods in her back to stem the curvature of her spine...
Established advocacy groups such as Handgun Control have helped Dees-Thomases and her moms refine their message, moving from a sheer expression of outrage over gun killings to a call for what they term "common-sense gun laws"--tougher background checks, longer "cooling-off" periods before buying a gun and mandatory safety locks on handguns. The Million Moms agenda also insists that Congress regulate guns the way states do automobiles: by licensing the owner and registering...
...agents accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Though some victims' families believe the defendants are only bit players in a broader terrorist scheme, they are looking for a conviction at the Netherlands trial. But early indications are that the prosecution's job may be tougher than expected. The defense doesn't have to prove anyone else's involvement but merely sow reasonable doubt in the minds of the judges about the guilt of the defendants. And despite the prosecution's 1,100 witnesses, the defense plans to implicate other terrorist groups. A recantation from...
...Yale's a tougher team outdoors," Taylor said. "They have a girl who wasn't winning much before who's now winning everything. It's amazing how one good person can get you so many points...
...Australian male's idea of foreplay? A. "You awake?") But when it comes to salt-of-the-earth heroes, it's hard to go past a bloke who, like Crowe, says his last heartbreak was brought on by the death of a really good cow. Do they come any tougher than that...