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Unlike some military-police units, which specialize in handling prisoners of war, the 372nd trained mainly as traffic cops. "We would do traffic stops, pulling people over and questioning them," says Shoemaker-Davis. "We never actually did anything you'd use in a prison." Their first assignment in Iraq last...
On March 3, 418 same-sex couples received marriage licenses. Nearly everyone was overwhelmed with emotion--not just the couples but also the reporters, cops and even snack vendors, many of whom were wiping away tears. "It was like a wall of emotion," says Thorpe, who three days later married...
As it turns out, Haruf wasn't done with the little town of Holt and its striving, melancholy folk. His new novel, Eventide (Knopf; 300 pages), picks up their stories about 18 months later and follows them through an eventful autumn, winter and spring. The old bachelor McPheron brothers, Harold...
During the primary season, Kerry focused heavily on boosting education funding and seemed lukewarm about measures President Bush had put in place stressing school accountability and student testing. But last week on his education tour, Kerry was emphasizing teacher performance. In exchange for ramping up salaries and training and mentoring...
As a cop, that’s easy—if you get mugged in the South Bronx I’m the guy who tries to help you. As a writer, I’m not too big on writerly responsibilities. I think a writer’s only...