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...made object in the universe. Its signals--barely discernible against the cacophony of background space noise--continue to register on the giant radio telescopes of NASA's Deep Space Network, reassuring scientists that Pioneer is still alive and calling home. Perhaps most remarkable, those signals emanate from an 8-watt transmitter, which radiates about as much power as a bedroom night light, and take more than nine hours to reach Earth...
ROAD The heat will be a major factor. Jeanne Golay of the U.S., Norway's Monika Valvik and defending champion Kathryn Watt of Australia are the top contenders. For the first time, professional cyclists like five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain of Spain are eligible. Lance Armstrong of the U.S., a former world champion, could find the streets of Buckhead, Georgia, to his liking...
...FATHER OF THOMAS HAMILTON, 65-year-old Thomas Watt, "can't live with" what happened in Dunblane and thinks he brought a monster into the world. Rather than indulging in these self-absorbed histrionics, Watt should feel shame for abandoning his son when the boy was only 18 months old and for never taking a bit of interest in his child in the years since. Monsters do not spring fully formed from a mother's womb. They become what they are over many years and after many wrong decisions. Had Watt stayed to bring up his son--or at least...
...accounts Hamilton was odd. The woman he always believed was his sister was, in reality, his mother. His father, Thomas Watt, 65, abandoned the family when Hamilton was 18 months old. He never took interest in him again until he learned, with shock, of the killings. "I can't live with this," Watt said. "I brought this monster into the world." It was a world that proved difficult for a man whose compelling life interest appeared to be youth leadership--but who was regarded in town as a pedophile. His attempts to organize boys' clubs ended when parents withdrew their...
SENTENCED. JAMES WATT, 58, Reagan-era Secretary of the Interior; to community service and a $5,000 fine; after pleading guilty to attempting to influence a grand jury looking into his lobbying activities; in Washington...