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...real story for the Harvard defense is the player who leads Fried in both of those categories. Balestracci, the true freshman from nearby New Bedford, Mass., leads the Crimson in tackles (80) and interceptions (3). Last week against Penn, Balestracci broke the record of Isaiah Kacyvenski '00 for most tackles in a season by a rookie. For a team that lost its defensive leader in Kacyvenski last year, Balestracci has shown that he can step in and fill those big shoes...
...product of New Bedford, Mass., Balestracci was tabbed as a can't-miss prospect almost before he played his first high school game...
...Bedford's Favorite...
...risks of prison life are outweighed by the benefits of keeping babies close to their mothers. "It's an impossible situation," says Leslie Acoca of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, who nevertheless argues that it is worse to separate kids from their mothers. New York's Bedford Hills Correctional Facility opened the nation's first prison nursery 100 years ago, and these days its parenting program has had dramatic results. Only 10% of women who successfully completed the program returned to prison, in contrast to 52% of inmates overall...
...Transportation must not only open slots for start-ups and solid competitors at congested airports, but it must also do what it can to support new entrants. Just last week, for example, the federal government mysteriously denied Shuttle America, a new airline operating out of Hanscom Field in Bedford, the right to fly to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. This type of move not only hurts the start-up company, but also cheats consumers out of an affordable and convenient service...