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...users looking for hand-me-downs and raw materials being given away on the nonprofit site, which has more than 6 million members around the globe. "People used to ask others in the network for luxury items," such as laptops and other high-tech gadgets, says Michelle Martinez, a Freecycle volunteer who oversees the local Freecycle chapter in Tucson, Ariz. But those requests have been replaced by ones for such basics as beds or mattresses. "I think there's a lot going on behind the scenes, as family members start moving in together, and you need more of the basics...
...Amid the current economic slump, Freecycle has seen a record surge in membership - which, you guessed it, is free - as people look for new and innovative ways to tighten the belt. Worldwide, Beal says Freecycle is adding 30,000 to 60,000 members each week. And Martinez says that in Tucson alone, the average number of new members per month has jumped from 250 to 450 - an increase of 80%. She also says she knew the economy was reaching a new low last month when she posted that she was looking to unload a few extra sweet potatoes...
...Calderón's anti-narco offensive - Mexico has had more than 5,000 drug-related murders this year, double last year's record - kidnapping bosses in Coahuila, on the border with Texas, are fighting back against the state government's antiabduction crusade. Batista was a consultant to Enrique Martinez, who was Coahuila's governor from 1999 to 2005, and he greatly reduced kidnappings there. Martinez's successor, Governor Humberto Moreira, has even called for Mexico to revive the death penalty, at least in abduction cases that end in homicide. (See pictures of Mexico's police...
...extraordinary soldiers who were badly wounded while holding their Afghan firebase against an overwhelming Taliban assault last July. The Mets crashed, yet again, at the end of the season, but they earn a Teddy for remembering the troops. "It's nothing compared to what they did," the pitcher Pedro Martinez said afterward. Yes, but it deserves recognition--as do the daily sacrifices of those deployed in the real arenas, Afghanistan and Iraq. What a privilege to live in the country they serve...
...certainly won’t be having the same conversation 20 years from now,” he said. Students who attended the event said they enjoyed McCarthy’s talk. “I thought it was very enlightening,” said Isaac P. Martinez, Jr. ’09, who added that, as a gay American, he feels strongly about same-sex marriage. “The sooner it is legalized, the better,” he said...