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...Catalano says that most drug law violations in the area come from individuals not affiliated with the College who come on campus to find a place to light up. Enforcement, in sum, is more likely to target “pit kids” and the homeless than Harvard students...
...covert detention centers in Thailand and Guantnamo Bay, which are no longer operating, and that the agency continues to run similar facilities in Afghanistan and Eastern Europe. In Afghanistan, the agency's prison was once located in an old brick factory near Kabul's airport, nicknamed the Salt Pit by the CIA and the Darkness Prison by inmates. Detainees who have escaped or been released from the prison claim they were kept in cold, dark cells underground, fed once every three days and sometimes chained wet and naked to the wall overnight...
...daily pressure to create a winning race car that caused Stewart to pull himself over for a psychological pit stop. "I decided, 'I'm just going to up and go home,'" he said. It wasn't that Stewart disliked Charlotte (memo to Chamber of Commerce: he's still got a place there). It's that he just couldn't get away from the shop, which was only about 15 minutes from his house. So now Stewart spends time between races with his buddies, fishing or riding four-wheelers through the woods. "To be able to maintain a competitive edge...
...special election in California: The ebbing political strength of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger-who is up for reelection next year-will be tested in the results of four ballot initiatives that pit his government-reform agenda against organized labor. He wanted the special election, which will cost the state more than $50 million, but Republicans now think it may have been a mistake. On Saturday, a Schwarzenegger aide blocked perhaps his two most famous critics-liberal actor Warren Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening-from crashing a gubernatorial event at an airport hangar in San Diego...
...advertisement to win the attention of tourists and townies alike. On November 1, Lumen Eclipse—a local design and advertising company—will install two 42-inch plasma televisions on opposite sides of the Cambridge Office for Tourism’s information kiosk in the pit. One of the displays will show various video art pieces, while the other will display silent advertisements for local businesses. Lumen Eclipse co-founder Rory P. Keohane said that because the Square attracts heavy traffic and upholds a tradition of street performance, it makes for an ideal place to display...