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...point you missed: A key factor in "white flight" was government-forced busing in the early '70s. The local schools were the anchors that held together the neighborhoods for many of the young parents and kids of Detroit. It didn't make sense to walk your child to the corner to be bused across the city to another school...
...their grueling shifts, which they say are hazardous to passenger safety. Backed by the European Cockpit Association, which represents some 38,000 pilots and crew members, protesters handed out some 100,000 fake boarding passes containing warnings about fatigue and arguments against the current E.U. laws, which hold that flight personnel can stay airborne for up to 14 hr. per day and 11 hr. 45 min. overnight. A 2003 study found that the risk of accidents for pilots who had been working 13 hr. or more was 5½ times the risk for all pilots...
...Father Adelir de Carli lifted off in a chair attached to 1,000 helium balloons in an attempt to raise funds for a rest stop in the Brazilian port city of Paranaguá, but supporters lost contact with him after he was blown off course. Rescuers searching his probable flight path first found only a bunch of brightly colored balloons, leading to hope Carli had parachuted to safety. However, parts of his body were found nearly two months later and positively identified through DNA testing...
...unique, saucer-shaped design of the family's makeshift craft. Still, the balloon was reportedly never designed to have passengers aboard, a fact that was clear to anyone who watched it careen erratically across the Colorado skies. After almost two hours of nearly continuous coverage of the balloon's flight, it appears the incident will result in little more than an afternoon of media frenzy. The Heene family may share a hobbyist's appreciation of ballooning, but surely they'll be grateful that their 6-year-old never got any firsthand experience miles above the ground...
...people are praying with folded hands, with their palms in front of their faces and with Rosary beads. For many, paying this respect to the Mother, who spent nearly 70 years here, is part of a daily homage to a woman who touched every Kolkatan's life. Up a flight of stairs is the Mother's room, sparsely furnished with a narrow iron bed, a long table and bench and a desk where she worked. Mohammad Hossain, a trader, stands outside the room with eyes closed and head bowed in prayer. "I always feel her presence here, which fills...