Diary could be key to Unabomber case
Sacramento AP report says Theodore Kaczynski kept a two decade diary using numbers and symbols, a potential cornerstone of the government case. Prosecutors plan to have FBI cryptographer Michael Birch translate the encoded journal for jurors, claiming it details 16 Unabomber attacks from 1978 to 1995 and underpins the charges. The diary, among 20,000 Montana shack documents, remains largely unseen, described as a complex numeric code possibly using a hand code rather than computerized encryption.
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Sacramento
Calif
Theodore Kaczynski
FBI
Michael Birch
Kaczynski
New Jersey
Montana
Birch
Holiday bulge battle weighs in on scales and fat meters
Businesses weigh in on the holiday bulge with body fat measuring devices and new bathroom scales. Industry executives note December and January peak sales as consumers indulge then diet. T Fal and Sele Group affiliates market scales priced at 85 and 130 dollars with voice or eye level display features.
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Alain Roclerc
T-Fal Corp
Sele Group SA
France
Officials accused of hiding Chiapas massacre
Federal investigators press Chiapas officials to explain why they failed to stop the massacre of 45 Indian villagers during an hours long attack. A state employee said police blocked his pass through the area, contradicting officials who said they knew only hours later. Witnesses quoted police trying to cover up the massacre by digging graves and moving bodies to the state capital for autopsies.
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Acteal
Mexico
Chiapas
Snow Grips Permian Basin With Late Christmas Flurry
Snow blanketed most of the Permian Basin, with 2.5 to 3 inches fall after flurries began Thursday evening. Meteorologist T. J. Turnage noted the trespass into 4 inches would be unusual, as record highs sit at 6.8 inches in 1974. Overnight temps fell to 24, with highs near 40 before melting occurred, and forecasts call for warmer, dry skies into next week across West Texas.
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Louis Knox
Briana
Jim Parker Park
Odessa
Knox
Austin
Victoria Ehrlich
San Francisco
Joshua
Permian Basin
T.J. Turnage
National Weather Service
Midland
Turnage
West
Texas
Stranded skier dances through night to stay alive
Karen Hartley, 33, wandered off bounds at Powder Mountain in Utah Christmas Eve and spent over 18 hours in freezing temperatures. She danced in her head to remembered tunes to stay warm until rescuers found her by patrol helicopter at dawn. She spent Christmas Day in a hot tub then dinner at Denny's.
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Layton
Utah
Karen Hartley
Denny’s
Hartley
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