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...HUPD officers were directed to the Goldenson building to investigate an unknown powder substance. EHS and the Boston Fire Department (BFD) also responded. The BFD impounded a trash barrel and a letter...
...from the bushes. They are dressed in camouflage with balaclavas pulled over their faces and guns in their hands. I watch in horror as my colleague is pulled from the seat next to me. I feel hands forcing me out of the car, shoving me onto the ground. The barrel of a pistol digs into the back of my neck. A burlap sack is pulled over my head and tightened by a cord. The world has gone dark, and I hear nothing but footsteps on snapping twigs and my own rapid breathing under the heavy cloth. I am terrified...
...Arafat over a barrel...
First, let’s start with demand. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), the United States imports 8.9 million barrels of crude petroleum a day and produces 5.8 million (all statistics used in this article are from the DOE, some from its Energy Information Administration). If you price those supplies at the moderate and currently prevalent price of $25 per barrel, you arrive at a daily crude oil expenditure by U.S. firms and the government of $222.5 million, which is $81 billion annualized. We spend $81 billion a year buying crude oil on the world markets, primarily...
Given the cost, it's no wonder those who succeed attain hero status among their peers. The veterans love to spin dramatic yarns about an 83-year-old barrel racer who competed while legally blind, a one-armed calf roper, and a 66-year-old bronco rider who managed to beat a group of 20-year-olds. Pride motivates the tales, especially because the current crop of rodeo seniors considers itself the last generation to hone its skills by working on ranches rather than at specialized roping schools or college rodeos. "So many people get older and begin to shut...