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...bill to ban the sale of wireless-phone records, but it stalled in the Senate last week. In the meantime, spy outfits pose as subscribers to obtain records, then sell them to private investigators, divorce lawyers or anyone else with a credit card. Verizon Wireless and other carriers shut down one notorious data broker, Locatecell.com "There are thousands of companies doing this," says Robert Douglas, a security consultant and former private investigator. He notes that there are about 60,000 licensed private investigators in the U.S. "Unfortunately, anyone worth his salt knows who to turn to for phone records...
...Webb's excavation team reflects thawing relations with the scientific world. After the discoveries of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man, whose ages are still fiercely debated, scientists flocked to the area. But in the 1980s, dismayed that artefacts and remains were being taken to museums and universities elsewhere, elders shut down research on human burials. For many years, archaeological study of the Willandra languished. The ban remains in force, but elders say that could change. "The importance of what this landscape holds to the world is very much in our minds," says Mary Pappin Sr. "But so is making sure...
...Officers were sent to Hollis Hall last Monday in search of an individual who reportedly screamed and then slammed his or her window shut nearly two hours past midnight. Officers searched for him or her but to no avail...
...half minutes later, however, Dartmouth scored its only goal of the night, as Nick Johnson one-timed a cross-crease feed past Daigneau at the left post. But that was the only blemish on Harvard’s score sheet, as Daigneau and backup Justin Tobe combined to shut out the potent Big Green offense for the rest of the period. The Crimson’s attack, however, did not let up, tallying three more goals as the Cornell fans waiting for the second semifinal started chanting, “Goal inflation.” For Dartmouth...
...region, and the future is grim for independent radio news, according to Kurda Jamal, head of US-funded Radio Nawa. "Kurdistan isn't suitable ground for a free media," he said. "If America wasn't here and if America wasn't funding us, the parties would move to shut us down...