A tip from an Iraqi helped the military find Sergeant Maupin's remains last month about 15 miles from where his fuel convoy had been attacked by insurgents near Baghdad.
Robi Kellerman, 33, who lost her husband, Peter, 35, a partner with Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of 1 World Trade Center, said that she experienced "an iota of comfort" in receiving her husband's remains last October, but she added that "the issue is still they died in a horrific way and they're not coming home".
His widow, Suha, objected to a post-mortem at the time but agreed to allow Swiss, Russian and French experts to take samples from her late husband's remains last November after traces of polonium-210 were found on Arafat's personal effects in 2011.
October remains a lukewarm month at the box office, as this weekend's returns confirm.
Mr. de la Rúa, who will turn 64 next month, remains a wooden leader who has proved the truth of a line from his most famous political commercial: "They call me boring".
Violence against Muslims remains a constant threat: Earlier this month, an imam and his assistant were shot execution-style, allegedly by a 35-year-old janitor from Brooklyn.
28 John H. Chafee, the revered Rhode Island senator who died last October, remains a presence in the closely contested race to fill his seat.
Still, A. P. Valentine, the Champagne winner, who was touted for immortality before finishing last in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last November, remains a maybe for the Kentucky Derby.
Contemporary Parisians may be harried by strikes, hassled by soccer hooligans, and threatened by the spectre of terrorism, but classical concert-going in the French capital, as experienced during a week in early June, remains a serene and edifying pastime.
The attack by militants on the American diplomatic post in Benghazi last September remains a hot topic in Washington, with key Republican senators pressing the Obama administration to explain more of what happened in the period before the death of Ambassador Stevens.
