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...Iraqi irregulars have tried everything to get at 2nd Brigade soldiers. When two Bradley fighting vehicles got stuck in the mud, dozens of irregulars, armed with a machine gun, tow missiles and a chain-firing cannon, tried to crawl up to them. Another group attempted to paddle across the Euphrates river, shooting rpgs as they approached. Their five boats were blown apart on the water. All of these attacks ended similarly. "It's not a fair fight," says Major Kevin Dunlop. "Trucks with machine guns against tanks and Bradleys can only have one outcome. We are slaughtering them...
...Barzee were deep within their newly concocted universe last Wednesday morning as they walked along a highway in Sandy, Utah, just south of Salt Lake. They wore crowns of flowers in their hair, and they had a young girl dressed in a long robe and white veil in tow. Recognizing Mitchell's face from a recent episode of America's Most Wanted, passersby dialed 911. When police officers arrived, the girl was trembling. Three times she told them her name was Augustine. "I know who you think I am. You guys think I'm that Elizabeth Smart girl...
Instead, it walked out of the rink with frustration in tow...
...vehicle owner Amy Dickie says, "The SUV is the Cadillac of the new millennium." Dickie is 30, brokers insurance in Atlanta and owns a Lexus RX 300. Ads hint the thing could haul a yak carcass across Tibetan grasslands; though it's one of the smaller SUVs, it can tow up to 3,500 lbs. But Dickie uses it to drive, by herself, three miles each way to and from the office. She also occasionally lugs scuba gear in it, but mostly she likes its style. Which makes her much like millions of other Americans who have bought...
...desperate customers cleared the shelves of goods as if preparing for a hurricane or a nuclear war that would leave them trapped in basements with only bottled water and board games for sustenance. Kids wandered, with open mouths and eyes a-twinklin’, throughout the remains, parents in tow. Aunts and grandfathers once regarded as tight-fisted now opened their hearts and their wallets in an attempt to win the love of little Johnny or little Jane. But what was left to purchase, with a 30-50 percent off sale well under way? The Sanrio stash had been raided...