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...Durst was living in Galveston under the identity of a mute woman named Dorothy Ciner. "Dorothy" wore cargo pants and a blond wig. In Galveston, Durst met Black, 71, who lived across the hall and, according to Durst's testimony, became his "best friend." On Sept. 28, 2001, Durst returned to his rental to find Black there watching television. A scuffle ensued, Durst's pistol went off, and Black is believed to have died of head trauma...
Easy Targets IRAQ Defying the continuing U.S. military crackdown on insurgents within Iraq's Sunni triangle, suicide bombers struck simultaneously at two Iraqi police stations in towns north of Baghdad Saturday, killing at least 18 and injuring dozens more. In a separate attack, a civilian cargo plane made an emergency landing at Baghdad International Airport after apparently being struck by a surface-to-air missile, the first plane to be hit since major combat operations ended in May. The weekend's assaults came a day after guerrillas co-ordinated a series of attacks in Baghdad using rockets mounted on donkey...
Security experts shiver when they talk about the nation's cargo-handling procedures. Thousands of low-paid workers have carte blanche to roam airports, ramps and runways without undergoing personal inspections or having their belongings checked. "We put big steel doors on the front of the airport, but the back door is wide open," says Walsh. Cargo on freight planes is rarely inspected. Their cockpit doors, if they exist, aren't required to be reinforced, and security is lax. "There's easy access for a midnight takeover of a major cargo carrier, and a 747 has enough...
...Sporting cargo pants and carrying a bike messenger bag across his shoulder, the young software writer turned candidate knocks on every door to remind voters of the impending election in a low-key spiel punctuated with the words “cool” and “sweet...
...season in New England, so for the next six months, Boston will survive thanks to farmers in California and Mexico, New Zealand and Florida. Not to mention the truck drivers, merchant marines, train workers, and airplane pilots that bring all of it here. I came across several large airline cargo containers from overseas: our dinners have clearly become globalized...