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Bicycle Lock Manufacturer to Provide Free Replacements to Owners of Easily Picked Models

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Kryptonite Corporation will give free replacements to customers who purchased models of a common U-lock that had been considered to be one of the safest bicycle locks until an Internet video exposed how easy it is to pick with a ball point pen.

Author: Polgreen, Lydia
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
Product standards, safety, & recalls, Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified, Product defects and recalls, Security systems industry

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A Ballpoint Trick Infuriates Bicyclists

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Bicycle owners and Kryptonite Co., and other lock-makers were alarmed by a recently posted Internet video that shows how easy it is to pick common bicycle locks with a ballpoint pen.

Author: Polgreen, Lydia
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
Product information, Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing, Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts, Bicycles, Theft, Bicycles & Parts, Methods, Bicycle industry

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Darfur's Babies of Rape Are on Trial From Birth

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The widespread rapes in the Sudan have resulted in a generation of women and children that have to deal with family pain and societal prejudices.

Author: Polgreen, Lydia
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
Legal issues & crime, Public affairs, Rape, Sudan, Social aspects, Company legal issue, Investigations, Military aspects, United Nations, Sudanese Civil War, 1983-

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Subjects list: United States, Safety and security measures, Locks and keys, Locks (Security devices), Kryptonite Corp.
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