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...about 3:30 a bike was stolen from near the Carpenter Center on Quincy St. Police saw but did not catch the suspect...
...spectral magnificence, the tail of a comet is about as close as you can get to nothing at all, a banner of dust so tenuous that a cubic mile's worth wouldn't fill a shoebox. Yet that near nothingness holds many secrets. Comets are leftovers from the creation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago; they also delivered organic chemicals and water--the crucial building blocks of life--to the young Earth. Scientists would love, therefore, to get a bit of comet into the lab for analysis...
...COSTS HEADING DOWNHILL If you're dreaming of hitting the slopes before the powder melts, you might want to head north of the border. With the Canadian dollar near record lows, ski resorts like Whistler in British Columbia and Mont-Tremblant in Quebec are offering the best deals. A five-night, four-day stay at a Whistler hotel (including lift tickets) costs about $400, while a trip to Vail or Aspen goes for $500 to $700. No wonder visitors to Colorado's slopes, which until recently were beset by weak snowfall, are down 11% this year. That means, of course...
THIS PAGER COULD BE A LIFE SAVER Think pagers are just toys for teens or tools for people on the go? Starting in March, residents of Highland Park, Texas (near Dallas), can carry small pagers meant solely for emergency police assistance. For $20 a month, the pagers, made by Personal Security & Safety Systems (PSSI) in Dallas, will enable owners to push two buttons discreetly that will alert police to their location within 10 ft. Police can then respond within three minutes, as they would to any 911 call. The system works using a network of antennas around the city that...
Some concentrations went against the trend,however. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,a small department, got poor marks on questionssuch as satisfaction with academic and personaladvice, while students praised the largerDepartment of Biochemistry on the survey...