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DIED. WELLINGTON MARA, 89, legendary longtime owner of the New York Giants and Hall of Fame patriarch of the National Football League; in Rye, N.Y. By agreeing to a key deal in 1961 allowing all teams, many in considerably smaller markets, to split TV profits, Mara--who joined the Giants as a water boy at age 9 when his father bought the team for $500--ensured the competition, stability and survival of the now formidable NFL. Reserved but paternal, he paid former Giants players' medical bills, employed veterans as scouts and over 80 years attended most practices and almost every...
...Hindu festival of Diwali, the Festival of Light. Sixteen died in Paharganj, 39 in Sarojini Nagar. A third explosion, on a bus in Okhla, south Delhi, reportedly killed three. "I saw one child, not more than six months old, its body split by the blast," said Paharganj handicrafts store-owner Neeraj Chawla. "And there was a family of shoppers. All dead, a mother and her children, lying on the ground with their arms apart. That's why I'm covered with blood. All the shop-owners rushed to pick them...
...storm shattered sliding glass doors, tossed furniture and blew down walls. After the assault, much of the 26-floor building's fa?ade looked as if it were bombed. "We thought the building was going to break in two," said a shaken Pedroz. "I don't know why the owner didn't put up hurricane shutters...
...Amit Gupta, the owner of Rangoli Garments, another shop in the area, was on his scooter, driving in to his shop, when the explosion happened. "There were children hurt and screaming, and total chaos out here," he says. "I'm a lucky man, a very lucky man. My shop is just 20 steps away from the blast...
...creative set of Harvard students, fall brings a certain set of anxieties: midterms, papers—and finding the perfect Halloween costume. Many students have been planning their costumes for weeks, and Harvard Square business owners say that there has been an increase in the number of people buying accessories for their costumes.For Lisa M. Shichijo ’06 and her blockmates in Mather House, Halloween is always a challenge. Determined to top last year’s sailor costumes, the group spent hours this week searching for the accessories and fabrics they hope will turn them into...