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U.S. intelligence says a nuclear exchange between the two feuding countries could kill 12 million. Here's how experts believe the region could explode.
By Damien Cave
May 31, 2002
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French authorities alerted the FBI in August that the "20th hijacker" had trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, according to an intelligence expert -- but the U.S. did nothing.
By Damien Cave
May 23, 2002
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Experts weigh in on Justice's decision to investigate -- and possibly sue -- counties and municipalities in Florida, Tennessee and Missouri for disenfranchising voters, many of them blacks.
By Damien Cave and Anthony York
May 22, 2002
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An investor who followed expert advice lost $100,000. He wants vengeance, but history suggests he's not likely to get it.
By Damien Cave
May 20, 2002
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Telemarketing scammers are the price we pay for lower long-distance bills. Can we afford this kind of bargain?
By Damien Cave
May 8, 2002
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Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult.
By Damien Cave
May 1, 2002
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The author of Ad-Aware, a program that removes sneaky software, explains what happened when his own program was zapped by the enemy.
By Damien Cave
April 26, 2002
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A 1960s-era recording artist says he can't get Sony to pay royalties, so his psychedelic pop might as well be free.
By Damien Cave
April 23, 2002
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A top intellectual property lawyer argues that the Supreme Court's decision to review the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act is plain wrong.
By Damien Cave
April 15, 2002
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Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson collide in a preachy revenge thriller.
By Damien Cave
April 12, 2002
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"F'd Companies," Philip Kaplan's obituary for online flameouts, is more pathetic than the companies it skewers.
By Damien Cave
April 10, 2002
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Angry at his predictions of global warming, the Bush administration and the energy industry strive to unseat a prominent scientist.
By Damien Cave
April 5, 2002
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The war on drugs is preventing many Americans from getting desperately needed pain medicine.
By Damien Cave
April 4, 2002
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A New Yorker editor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of elite horse-breeding, where one roll in the hay is worth $500,000.
By Damien Cave
April 4, 2002
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Experts struggle to explain the Bush administration's off-and-on Mideast policy.
By Damien Cave
April 2, 2002
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Impressive sci-fi effects and cute actors can't save a trite, safe teen flick that should please Joe Lieberman.
By Damien Cave
March 29, 2002
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Karl Auerbach, elected to the Internet domain-name authority with a mandate from the people, explains why he is suing his own organization.
By Damien Cave
March 19, 2002
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Copyright-holding corporations are pushing new laws and computer-crippling technologies in their war on piracy. But can anything keep geeks from copying the music and movies they crave?
By Damien Cave
March 13, 2002
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By Damien Cave
March 11, 2002
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Pedophile or warm and giving priest? Both, says a young man with fond -- but tarnished -- memories of a good man.
By Damien Cave
March 7, 2002
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Backers of a next-generation multimedia compression technology want to charge a controversial fee -- but instead their plan is fanning interest in free, open-source alternatives.
By Damien Cave
March 6, 2002
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The late R&B star Aaliyah haunts an Anne Rice adaptation that feels like a
vampire's life: It goes on forever.
By Damien Cave
February 22, 2002
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How an antiquarian bookseller and a Nathaniel Hawthorne fan ended up before the Supreme Court.
By Damien Cave
February 21, 2002
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Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds?
By Damien Cave
February 15, 2002
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This tepid Hollywood revenge comedy, starring Frankie Muniz of "Malcolm in the Middle," chooses safe, clean fun over true teen anarchy.
By Damien Cave
February 8, 2002