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...Eric Schultz just plucks Olawale's pass out of the air and returns it to the Lion 37 yard line. Matt Curtis flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after the play...
...translate to 27 to 28 m.p.g. under real-world conditions - about the same fuel efficiency that the current CAFE standard purports to enforce. "The program is undermined and the public confidence in policymakers is undermined," says Mike Walsh, the former head of the EPA's office of transportation and air quality. "The real benefit of savings from oil and greenhouse gas emissions is a lot less than what they think...
...blood, with all her health and strength, her legs still quivered slightly as she ran. Slowly, as though led by a will stronger than her own, Roxanna found herself drawn away from the Florentine villa into the trees and toward the river. It was late afternoon, and the summer air had begun to turn to the evening’s coolness. The sun’s slanting rays caused the leaves and the white bark of the birches to shine. The Stable’s Boy’s spade, plunging horribly—endlessly!—into...
...security. Although security has improved dramatically in many neighborhoods in Baghdad over the past year, the ability of the Iraqi security forces to act independently and effectively, while improved, remains inconsistent. Iraqi forces have yet to shift their focus from counterinsurgency operations to defending Iraq's borders. The Iraqi air force, for example, announced this week that it has ordered French- and American-made fighters, but its planned 32 squadrons won't be fully up and flying until 2015. The former insurgents who joined the "Awakening" movement or neighborhood watch programs are being partially integrated into the Iraqi security forces...
Ship Ahoy. After a two-year renovation, New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum re-opens on Nov. 8 in time for Veterans Day weekend. The aircraft carrier, which saw service from World War II through the Vietnam War and was a recovery vessel for NASA during the Mercury and Gemini space programs, features 30 historic aircraft including the Concorde. Pier 86, West 46th Street & 12th Avenue, New York City...