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...Stephen Zedros, manager of Brattle Street Florists, said that he has noticed slower foot traffic and sales over the course of the year, and that the tax increase would not help the situation. Cassie Freer, a manager at ice cream shop J.P Licks, said that she was not aware of the tax increase but thought that it would be "terrible," especially since she feels that customers already see their prices as high...
...night fell, the Revolutionary Guard and Basij surged in numbers, swarming through nearly all of Tehran's main streets and into the alleys, where protesters ran for haven. By 9 p.m., it was over. Save for burning trash cans and broken glass, the streets were empty of foot traffic, though plenty of cars continued to crawl along the major boulevards (apparently the security forces targeted only people on foot...
...While Perry works the command center to ensure what she hopes will be a "peaceful, well-run, seamless operation," she and her colleagues will have to come up with an answer to how the cash-strapped City of Los Angeles will eventually foot the event's large public bill. The councilwoman would not hazard a guess of what the memorial would cost, but she did use last month's Laker Pride parade as a yardstick, which was estimated to run a tab of about $2 million. Other estimates listed the Jackson total price tag at $2.5 million...
...Edith Ronne, 89, became the first U.S. woman to set foot in Antarctica. Her Norwegian-born husband Finn, a former U.S. Navy captain, asked her to join the expedition so that Edith--who had better English skills--could pen his newspaper dispatches...
...Organization of American States gave Honduras 72 hours to reinstate Zelaya or face suspension of its membership, and Zelaya has said he plans to return to Tegucigalpa anyway if his foes don't comply. In response, Micheletti has sworn that he will arrest Zelaya if he sets foot in the country and that he is ready for anything Venezuela - or anyone else - can throw at him. With neither side showing signs of compromise, the risk of a violent clash rises - a prospect that worries many in Tegucigalpa. "All this mess could make the economic problems even worse," says shop owner...