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...least that was how it seemed until last week, when someone forgot the new war plan. On Wednesday evening a Russian armored column rolled deep into downtown Grozny, the besieged and ruined Chechen capital, only to be ambushed by 2,000 rebels. Caught in the open as they advanced into Minutka Square, seven tanks and eight personnel carriers ran into a devastating barrage of rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades that slaughtered the soldiers as their vehicles exploded in flames. Three hours later, more than 100 Russian corpses lay amid the wreckage, according to on-the-spot wire services...
...more years than he cares to remember, John Dumont has called home the doorways and alleyways of downtown San Francisco. For most of that time, the city paid little mind to the 50-year-old former paramedic and his cartful of possessions. That indifference vanished last month when a police officer found him sitting on the sidewalk in front of a Wells Fargo ATM and issued a $76 ticket and a court summons. Then one morning last week, Dumont says, he was awakened by a cop kicking him in the foot and telling him to move on. "It gets worse...
...sight. Chicago has privatized sidewalks in front of businesses, which means that anyone who loiters is trespassing. In Sacramento, Calif., police will pay for one-way bus tickets out of state for homeless with family or jobs to go to. In its attempts to drive the homeless from downtown, San Francisco has even arrested nuns serving hot meals in the United Nations Plaza--for lacking a proper permit. Most of the 20,000 citations reportedly issued this year by San Francisco have gone unpaid, yet the campaign has become a flash point in the city's mayoral election...
...Brendan, sloshed, sitting at a table in the Wyndham Franklin hotel in downtown Philly. He had long hair then. I met Luke through Brendan, next to Widener Library. Luke told me he hated me; I think his words were: "I hate you." But now he doesn't hate me. All three of us met Mike this year. When we found out he was a drummer we were drunk and enthusiastic. The same night Luke threw up for the first time ever. So we knew...
Savage says he took the Prudential Santa job seven years ago when the previous Santa's fear of large crowds prevented him from lighting the enormous Christmas tree across from Walgreens in downtown Boston...