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...According to a classified British military-intelligence document, a local militia leader is "implicated in the murder of the 6 RMP [Royal Military Police]." The man heads a cell of the Mujahedin for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (MIRI), a paramilitary outfit coordinated out of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's base in Ahvaz, Iran. Although U.S. and British officers think it unlikely the soldiers were killed on orders from Revolutionary Guard officers, they agree that the slayings fit within the Iranian generals' broad guidelines to bog coalition forces down in sporadic hit-and-run attacks...
Compared with previous technologies, which suspended DNA fragments in gel and decoded them using electrophoresis, the new procedure attaches thousands of DNA fragments onto tiny one-micron beads. Four different-colored dyes bind at specific locations, depending on which of the four DNA bases is present, allowing scientists to scan the sample with an epifluorescence microscope to determine its base sequence...
...space shuttle Discovery's successful landing in the darkened desert of California's Edwards Air Force Base shortly after 8 a.m. ET ended what turned out to be one of the safest missions in the program's history-and one of the most precarious following the disastrous Columbia re-entry two and a half years...
...Later, when Kennedy rejoined his crewmates on Olasana, he carved a message into a green coconut husk: nauro isl native knows posit he can pilot 11 alive need small boat kennedy. The skipper asked the two islanders to take the note to a naval base at Rendova Harbor, 60 km away. The pair sought out another scout, with whom they took the message to Australian Coastwatcher Reg Evans. Based on Kolombangara, Evans had been on watch the night PT 109 went up in flames. The U.S. authorities had all but given up hope of finding the missing...
...especially if the Eclipse sparks a revival. The nameplate is a hot-rod icon; prior models were prized for their turbocharged engines and bargain prices. The new edition, featuring a throaty V-6, scraps the turbo but still races to 60 m.p.h. in under 7 sec., for a base price of $24,300. Eyeing our test car in North Adams, Mass., a tattooed teen said he would donate a body part to own it. We hope that's not necessary, but it's a good sign for Mitsubishi. --By Daren Fonda