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...acclaimed director of the films Diner and Rain Man, was commissioned by NBC some time ago to develop a TV series based on David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, an account of real-life Baltimore homicide detectives. With a Hollywood heavyweight taking a crack at one of TV's most durable genres, the project seemed like a good...
...police and the courts crack down on abusers, and programs exist to help change violent behavior, victims will be less likely to take -- and less justified in taking -- the law into their own hands. And once the cycle of violence winds down in this generation, it is less likely to poison the next. That would be a family value worth fighting...
...hands. If the law will not protect the privacy of their E-mail, they'll do it themselves -- by scrambling their messages with encryption codes. Godwin's group is advocating that the government let private individuals use the most powerful encryption systems -- systems that even the FBI can't crack. Unfortunately, such complex codes are likely to undermine the principal virtue of electronic mail: convenience. In the end, people bent on private communication -- or government officials involved in criminal conspiracies -- had best pick up the phone, or better yet, stroll down the hall and have a good old-fashioned face...
...muon. The reason scientists aren't sure is that the portion of the detector responsible for tracking muons is segmented like an orange. "And with the malice often displayed by inanimate objects," says University of Chicago physicist Henry Frisch with a sigh, "this muon went right up a crack between the segments...
Earl's message to the children is direct. "I tell the kids here, 'I'll be your best friend or your worst nightmare.' " Despite his supervisor's warnings, he often gets personally involved in his cases. Last year he arrested a woman for selling crack, then agreed to take the woman's three children into his own home for six months while she underwent a treatment program. He knows there are risks, both physical and emotional, that go with extending a hand to children. "I love all kids," says Earl, "but I trust them as far as I can throw...