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Anti-Bush tracks among masters on hard drive that are taken The Department of Homeland Security may be substantially hipper than previously known. Chris Walla, the guitarist and producer for indie rock legends Death Cab for Cutie, says border guards seized a computer drive containing the master tracks for his upcoming solo album last month when a courier tried to deliver it to Seattle-based Barsuk Records from a studio in Vancouver, B.C. "I don't know what red flag could possibly have gone up at the border," Walla said Wednesday in a phone interview from Portland. Walla said he had been working...

Cabbie lets backseat driver have it By Dan Baer/ Malden Observer Friday, August 4, 2006 - Updated: 09:47 AM EST Usually it’s the cabbies who fear being attacked and robbed, but now a Revere cab driver is accused of attacking and robbing his fare after a dispute over their route escalated out of control, police said. “It looks like the cab driver just became agitated, pulled over the car and attacked him,” said Lt. Tom Swanson. “It is definitely something that you don’t see every day.” The unnamed fare called the Yellow Cab Company of Revere just before midnight on...