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A new tracking system called Auto-ID uses highly miniaturized computers to track products, even when they’re being used and worn. Every physical item, from a can of Coke to clothes to toothpaste, will have its own unique information in the form of an embedded chip. The chip sends out a signal that allows it to communicate with reader devices. Auto-ID will eventually replace bar codes, because it not only identifies the kind of object?it identifies each object separately. You and your friend may have bought the same sweater at the same store, but you’ll each be wearing a different Auto-ID.
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U.S. and Mexican officials are searching for six Iraqis who crossed the border into the southern U.S. who may have “toxic materials” requiring refrigeration. These could be either biological or radiological materials. The Iraqis got into the U.S. with the help of the same human smugglers who bring in illegal aliens. Tips from the public, as well as undercover investigations, uncovered the plot.

Another report says that earlier this week, Mexican authorities detained six Iraqi citizens as they tried to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana. They claimed to be Germans who had arrived at the Tijuana airport the night before on a flight from Mexico City and have been returned to Mexico City for questioning.
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National retailers such as Kmart, Rite Aid and Walgreens are selling Easter baskets in which the traditional chocolate bunny centerpiece is replaced by a plastic military action figure. Scattered around the figure in the plastic grass are a machine gun, rifle, hand grenade, large knife, pistol, and round of ammunition.
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