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...parts of town: Heather Hernandez, 20, a drifter, and Jennifer Joseph, 16, a runaway, last seen in the passenger seat of a white Corvette speeding down East Sprague. By December, five more victims were discovered. All were shot in the head with handguns and found dumped by roadsides with plastic grocery bags over their heads. None had purses or wallets. As many as 18 murders in Washington State from 1990 to 1998 may be linked to one killer. The inquiry has also widened to include unsolved murders of 26 prostitutes near U.S. Army bases in Germany...
...April 18, sheriff's deputies arrested Robert Lee Yates Jr., 47, on his way to work. His Honda Civic carried a bumper sticker saying WHY MUST I BE SURROUNDED BY FRICKIN' IDIOTS? Forensic experts found his fingerprint on one of the plastic bags tied around a victim's head, and Yates' genetic profile, from blood drawn after his arrest, matched semen found on the corpses. Says Sheriff Mark Sterk: "There's no doubt in my mind we're going to convict this guy." But at Yates' arraignment, the mother of one of the victims looked in disbelief at the accused...
...answer, like the odor, is in the cork. Wooden corks contain microbes that create unpleasant odors, but plastic corks are as classy as Dixie cups. The solution? Zap 'em. Researchers recently discovered that a specially designed microwave oven will kill the offending organisms, leaving corks odorless. Don't try this at home, however. These ovens will be incorporated into the wine-production process...
...rides with commercial haulers is a hit-and-miss affair), but even without one, he vows, he'll plunge ahead, refrigerator by refrigerator, prosthetic leg by prosthetic leg. "I'm going to do it right," he says, steering his runabout into a small bay filled with hundreds of bobbing plastic soda bottles, "and I'm going to finish...
...PRICEY PLASTIC Cardholders, beware! Major credit-card issuers have raised their fees--again. It's all there in the fine print. It used to be a good deal to travel abroad with a credit card--when foreign-transaction fees were at 1%. Card issuers such as Chase Manhattan have raised them to 3%. Other fees, like cash-advance charges and balance-transfer fees, have risen for holders of Bank of America's and Citibank's cards. Don't forget to pay those bills on time. Late fees have leaped...