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...bipartisan push for a national missile defense system will not lay to rest U.S. concerns over attacks by rogue states such as North Korea and Iran. "If I'm a bad guy, would I attack the U.S. with the only weapon that has a return address on it?" asks TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Even if [the missile defense system] is perfect and it works, then the bad guy, if he's serious, will just come at you in another way. This only takes care of a small part of the problem...
...counter my opposition, I sacrifice a squirrel to the ghost of Claverly Hall and pack some Harvard Kryptonite-a potent mixture of common courtesy, happiness and fun-as my weapon of choice should I encounter trouble...
...went to the trunk and found the spare, jack and that wrench thingy that can double as a murder weapon in times of emergency. I had learned how to do this all a while back, but apart from the fact that the jack goes somewhere under the car and is somehow made to lift the car up, I didn't remember much. So I consulted the owner's manual, which is of course written, or rather drawn, in such a way that, whenever possible, coherent sentences are substituted with a shoddy drawing...
HUPD officers were asked to check the area around 40 Oxford St. after witnesses reported a man trying to break into cars. Officers arrived and found a man with a weapon "on his person." The CPD later identified the man as Todd Henneken of 45 Francis St. He was charged with "an attempt to commit a crime...
Telecom customers will soon have a new weapon in the fight against "slamming," the notorious practice in which a long-distance provider swipes your account without your permission--subjecting you to big charges. Under new FCC guidelines that take effect in the next two months, slamming victims can pay their chosen carrier at normal rates instead of paying the higher, disputed bill. Also, telcos will no longer be able to make a switch just because you failed to mail back a firm "no" to their offer...