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...stream is a rapidly moving body of air in the upper atmosphere, and it generally moves from west to east. But, Wofsy said, it also “wiggles.” Boston’s momentary position relative to the jet stream can wreak havoc on weather forecasts. “Variability of a few hundred miles can make the difference between a storm bringing rain to a region and a storm bringing snow,” said Brian F. Farrell, the Burden professor of meteorology. That makes long-term forecasting particularly tricky. “You can?...
...working to better track gangs and repeat offenders. On Monday, Riley enjoyed a moment of satisfaction after police arrested Ivory Harris, New Orleans' most-wanted murder suspect, in the neighboring town of Kenner. Harris had been bouncing back and forth between Houston and New Orleans since the storm, wreaking havoc in both cities, police say. Eight days earlier, police had arrested one of the city's other wanted men: Jerome Hampton, 23, whom Houston police have charged with killing another evacuee. Hampton was nabbed in New Orleans after an officer saw him standing on a roadway median firing...
...speed, they’re not lacking in hands, or vice versa,” Stone said. “When they get the puck, they make the right play.” “They work the puck around pretty well and create a lot of havoc in front of the net,” Boe said. The Wildcats broke open the scoring 11:42 into the opening frame while Harvard forward Liza Solley was sitting in the penalty box—the contest’s first special-teams situation. After Boe turned aside a number...
...website as the largest text-messaging network in the country. "And we were making it up as we went along," says Trippi. "The only thing I know for sure is that with a network of supporters exponentially larger than Dean's, and a little creativity, you can really wreak havoc...
...phone." Most of the women in Bronzefield are sent here on remand from local courts, waiting for sentencing on anything from fraud to murder. Few stay longer than a couple of months, when they're either released or moved on to more long-term accommodation. Which wreaks havoc with the performance schedule. "There's the constant worry that someone's going to be unconvicted or unsentenced and we'll lose them," says prison director Janine McDowell. Opal, 24, a mother of three, inside on shoplifting charges, wasn't going to let that happen. After an officer heard her singing outside...