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For the shot to be accurate, many factors, from wind and gravity to the Earth's curvature, would have to be taken into account.

Though it's highly rare for a police officer to be handed such a heavy sentence, many expressed disappointment. Others see it as a winning precedent that promises future accountability.

2: Adventure writer TIM CAHILL. CAHILL writes in a self-deprecating way about his death-defying experiences around the world. His accounts of adventures in caves, mountains, deserts, and rapids appear in his collections, "A Wolverine is Eating My Leg,"and "Jaguars Ripped My Flesh." He's also a columnist for "Outside Magazine." Last summer, CAHILL traveled to the North Pole on an old Soviet Ice-breaker, and currently he is working on a book describing his travels in the unexplored and uninhabited Ndoke Forest of the northern Congo. (RE-BROADCAST of interview first aired 4/5/89.)Travel author and novelist, PAUL THEROUX. THEROUX is no ordinary travel writer: his books are about exotic voyages, some by train, and others by foot. His work includes "The Great Railway Bazaar," "The Old Patagonian Express," and "The Kingdom By The Sea." He's also a novelist, perhaps best known for "The Mosquito Coast," which became a film starring Harrison Ford. THEROUX'S most recent book, published this past February, is a fictional work titled "Millroy the Magician" (Random House). (RE-BROADCAST of interview first aired 7

In his new book, Birthright, author A. Roger Ekirch gives a historical account of the 18th-century kidnapping of 12-year-old British aristocrat James Annesley. The story captivated public attention and inspired at least five novels, including Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale Kidnapped.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Arkansas professor Michael Mullane believes the rule of law must be upheld -- even in times of threat and crisis. As fragile as it can be, Mullane says we are all protected by and accountable to the law.

Jhunjhunwala, a chartered accountant from the northern state of Rajasthan, began investing in the stock market while he was still in college, starting off with capital of just 5,000 rupees ($63).

Sam Curry, a self-described hacker, was puzzled by the payment. A Google spokesperson says the company paid "the wrong party as the result of human error" and was working to correct it.

Thucydides' account of the war between Athens and Sparta has become an allegory of modern conflicts like the Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. But a new book about the ancient historian shows he may not quite have been telling the truth.

David Walker from Norfolk, Va., was 19 years old when Japanese torpedoes sunk his battleship, the USS California, during the surprise attack on the Hawaii naval base in 1941.