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Without across-the-board background checks and a database of firearms sales, it is extremely difficult for law enforcement officials to trace the source of guns recovered in crimes. Police have to trace firearms through manufacturers, distributors and individual gun dealers in a difficult, time-consuming process. Even worse, once a retail dealer has sold the gun, it can be re-sold by the owner and any subsequent owner generally without any records being kept, causing a trail of evidence to go cold before the criminal or terrorist can be found...
...there may be trace amounts of anthrax floating around our vast and labyrinthine postal system. Does this mean we should all panic? Start opening our mail in a vacuum-sealed hallway? The short answer, as you probably guessed, is no. For a more considered response, TIME.com spoke with Dr. David Straus, Dr. David Straus, professor of microbiology and immunology at the Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock...
Three students said they had been called early this fall by the whisperer, but only one reported the incident to HUPD. That student said HUPD put a trace on her phone and the calls quickly ceased...
...committee chose to trace the recession back to March, even though the past two months—after the attacks of Sept. 11—have further weakened the economy, according to committee member and Kennedy School of Government Professor Jeffrey A. Frankel...
...seven abandoned al-Qaeda safe houses in Kabul last week depict an organizationally and technically sophisticated apparatus. The discoveries--including detailed personnel records for fighters, crates of French-made MILAN antitank missiles and sketches illustrating the ideal place to hide a bomb on an airplane--may help authorities trace the terror network and thwart future attacks...