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...trouble is that in this week's test the interceptor won't rely solely on satellites and early-warning radars to trace its target. It will be looking for a target traveling a familiar path--the same California-to-Kwajalein arc used in the previous two tests. And this relatively short distance--as well as safety concerns--means the mock warhead won't be traveling as fast as a genuinely hostile one. This "single end-game geometry," said an independent review panel headed by retired General Larry Welch last fall, "raises questions about the ability of the flight-test program...
...Freenet could also be put to less high-minded use. Critics say it will be a boon to drug dealers, terrorists and child pornographers. And it poses a new threat to intellectual-property rights. With Napster, at least there's a company to sue and a way to trace individuals who have downloaded CDs. If Freenet catches on, it may be impossible to find anyone to punish...
...file named "Ian Clarke's Credit Card Numbers." He isn't worried, he says confidently. He's sure it's a joke, that it doesn't really contain his card numbers. Well, almost sure. He opens the file and checks. "I was right," he says with a trace of relief in his voice. "It was just a joke...
...Storeowners trace the beginning of chain stores in the Square to the 1996 end of rent control, under which Cambridge set a ceiling on the rates landlords could charge...
...least afford extra child care to accommodate last-minute schedule changes and emergencies--tend to work for firms that don't have much family-friendly flexibility. More parents cite crime and violence as their biggest worry-40% this year, compared with 30% in 1996. More than half trace recent school shootings to "parents' failure to teach and watch their kids." --By Alice Park