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Nation & World
Academy Award winners make history
The number of black lead-actor winners of in Academy Awards history tripled in number Sunday as Denzel Washington and Halle Berry each won for best lead actor and best lead actress, respectively. Berry and Washington join Sidney Poitier as the only black actors to ever win lead-actor Oscars.
"This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. ... It's for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened," Berry said.
"Shrek" made history, becoming the first Academy Award winner in the new animated feature film category.
Weapons slip by airport security
In the months following the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., 32 U.S. airports failed to find weapons in under-cover tests conducted by government investigators.
The tests, which were conducted from November to February, when airport security was at its highest, were ordered by President Bush to ensure the safety of airplanes.
In the 783 tests, investigators slipped knives by the security guards 70 percent of the time. Screeners missed guns 30 percent of the time.
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