...under the surface of so many of our ordinary exchanges. In the derby episode, Knoxville politely listens to the rental-car agent as the man carefully drones on about the car's existing dings, then takes the car to be outfitted for an intentional...

...ongoing investigation by troopers. "We are cooperating with their investigation," he said. John Thompson, a rental car agent at the Homer airport, said he was standing inside the terminal and could see the suspect's rented Jeep parked about...