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...reporter for the Houston Press. Having earned my first paid vacation, I boarded a train with two weeks' salary in my pocket--all of $30! My first stop was in Kansas City, Mo., where I had lived till I was 11 and where my grandparents still lived. I had planned to go on to Anna, Ill., to call on my friend, an attractive, petite brunet I'd dated in high school in Houston. After two years of love letters to her, I was keen to discover whether her feelings for me matched mine...
Will Mitsubishi's new pocket rocket, the 263-h.p. Eclipse GT, jump-start sales at Japan's most troubled automaker? The car hit dealerships this summer, lofted by strong reviews, and it leads a blitz of all-new models coming over the next two years. Unlike the profit machines Honda, Nissan and Toyota, Mitsubishi has been in automaker hell. The firm's corporate parent lost $4.4 billion in the past fiscal year, battered by a lingering scandal over vehicle defects, and U.S. sales plummeted one-third this year amid questions about whether Mitsubishi would vacate North America. That seems less...
...first voters when polling begins at 7 a.m. Curragh leaves the vehicle to caution one of chief Daga's buddies, who is drinking beer by the side of the road. After some coaxing, the man empties onto the ground a full bottle he has been carrying in his back pocket. "He knows it's against the law," says Curragh of the middle-aged man. "Look at all the young people he's with. I told him to go straight home...
...basement of a Cape Cod on a suburban street in northern New Jersey, a teenage boy turns to a friend and asks impatiently, "What did you get? I'll give you some of this"--indicating a bottle of Ritalin stuffed into the front pocket of his backpack--"for some of that painkiller." As a rap song plays just loud enough not to disturb the neighbors, his friend eyes the bottle suspiciously. "Is this generic, or is it the good stuff?" he asks. Upstairs, several teens are sitting at the kitchen table listening to a girl who looks to be about...
...XCAPER SMOKE MASK KIT Fire fighters have long used special masks that completely block hazardous fire-borne toxins like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. You can get the same level of protection with the Xcaper Smoke Mask kit myxcaper.com $50). The lightweight portable package includes goggles and a powerful pocket-size flashlight--perfect for any fire emergency at home or away...