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...sharing a cup of tea in a young couple's apartment, now vigorously pressing the flesh in a factory, now touring a hospital, a classroom, even a supermarket. In all, Gorbachev spent about eight hours last week on photographed walkabouts through the highly industrialized Proletarsky (Proletarian) district of southeastern Moscow, extolling the virtues of hard work and the rewards of initiative. Past Soviet leaders have made similar rounds, but. Western diplomats noted, few have brought so much vigor to the task...
...improve access to government services at a lower cost. Of 183 cities surveyed by the Center for Digital Government, 77% provide a portal linking you to their departments for such transactions as paying taxes or reserving a tennis court. Some even let you crunch police data for your district's latest crime stats. Not to mention surfing in Spanish or Chinese. Here's a sampling of cities with the coolest websites. --By Marjorie Backman...
...Darien, Ill., public-school system. Last October an eighth-grader who was allegedly harassing Joey Urban, now 14, wound up rupturing Joey's eardrum with a poke from a lollipop stick. The Urbans are suing, complaining that the attacker received only a three-day suspension. The school district says that the boys were friends and that the injury was an accident that occurred while they were roughhousing...
...Cambridge District Court judge scheduled a compliance and elections date yesterday in the case of a former Harvard Extension School student accused of running a real estate scam, moving the case closer to trial...
...last appearance in court, Vaghar had intended to change her plea to guilty as part of an agreement reached with the Middlesex District Attorney’s office that would have enabled her to avoid jail time. But Cambridge District Court Judge Severlin Singelton rejected the plea, instead saying that he wanted to impose a minimum of 60 days of jail time...