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...kids poured mercury all over everything"--including themselves, their clothing and carpeting--"and they breathed the vapor," says Dave Hall, the city's emergency coordinator. In one house the fumes, which accumulate near the floor, killed the family dog and caused health officials to rush several small children to the hospital. In that dwelling and others, emergency teams were tearing out carpets and floorboards. Investigators have recovered all but a few pounds of the mercury, and promise not to prosecute anyone who turns in more...
...also saved a woman's life in a bar. "Yes, she did," says Annette Dryden of the Lost and Found Saloon near Portland, Ore. A woman with diabetes keeled over, and Tonya brought her back with mouth-to-mouth. But she switched bars when she moved to Washington State and became a regular at Auto's Pub in Vancouver, Wash., says owner Bob Synoground...
...doomed to a similar fate--cheering obliviously while the killer asteroid draws near or the sea level rises to our chins. Already there are signs that sports may go the way of American politics and degenerate into a rarefied pastime for the rich. The real game now is about billionaire team owners trading millionaire athletes, many of them spoiled brats and all of them dedicated to selling us sneakers and cereals--while the public coughs up for yet another downtown stadium and the networks lay out billions for TV rights. This late 20th century sports biz is a spectacle perhaps...
...first editorial of The Crimson contended:"I won't philosophize, I will be read." Theclosing lines of The Crimson's centennial historyprovided some context for that promise and itssuccess--in spite of near failure...
Rain in the morning, a chance of snow later. High near...