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...Guttmacher found that 22.4% of pregnancies (not including those that ended in miscarriage) ended in abortion, down from 30.4% in 1983. That would seem to be evidence that the quiet campaign for women's hearts and minds, conducted in thousands of crisis pregnancy centers around the country, on billboards, phone banks and websites, is having an effect, while the combination of tighter access, waiting periods and parental notification laws invite - or force - women to think twice about terminating a pregnancy...
...practice, that means consumers will buy cars from Renault-Nissan, then subscribe to a Better Place service that includes use of a battery and electricity from charging stations. The business model, Agassi says, is similar to how a mobile phone company sells airtime. Agassi figures that if he adds electrical outlets to at least 500,000 of Israel's three to four million parking spots, people will feel like they can charge their cars whenever they need to. Since most people seldom drive more than 100 miles at a time, wiring workplaces and public spaces like shopping malls should keep...
...Auckland, I was sent to interview their families and friends - and Sir Edmund Hillary. I thought it would be hard to track him down; that he was probably living in some remote rural area where he could be left in peace. But there he was in the Auckland phone book: "Hillary, Sir Edmund, 278A Remuera Rd." He didn't mind the intrusion, and wasn't too busy to talk to a young reporter...
...field via BlackBerrys; special cameras that police can use to scan partial or full license plates to see if a car is wanted; and gunshot detection equipment in certain pockets of the city that uses sensors to alert cops to shootings before citizens even pick up the phone to call them...
...Luther King's hometown, on the eve of his birthday holiday. The goal was to bring people of different races together for a night of exuberant partying. Seconds after the simulcast announcement by morning show hosts Frank Ski of V-103 FM and Bert Weiss of Q100-FM, the phone lines at both stations lit up with calls of support from listeners frustrated by what they consider the city's racially divided social scene. "People of different cultures don't party together [here] like they do in New York, Los Angeles and Miami," one female caller lamented...