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...Broncos-Bills Week One game will be happy to know that Kevin Everett survived that hit. His spine was merely “scissored,” as orthopedic surgeon Dr. Andrew Cappuccino announced on Sept. 10th. With luck, the 25-year-old tight-end will one day regain the sensation in his legs and find another job. But don’t count on the National Football League (NFL) funding a recovery—the Bills have already cleaned out his locker. Injuries like Everett’s spinal-snap are all too common in professional football. Unfortunately...
...While none of the recent fighting can be directly linked to any outside group, local security officials say that they can now add to the list of troublemakers elements of al-Qaeda and other Sunni Arab fighters, who appear to be taking advantage of the chaos to regain a toehold in the region and accelerate the flow of Shi'a blood...
...Crosby's successor, McDonough surely knows he has to work overtime to regain credibility for his department. With that in mind, he has made prisoner rehabilitation more of a priority, channeling renewed effort and funding toward prison education, substance abuse counseling, vocational training and daily life-management skills. "I think Florida is actually out in front now compared to a lot of state prison systems," says McDonough, who believes his rehab emphasis will cut the state's recidivism rate by more than 10 percentage points by the start of the next decade...
...more conventional election year, the G.O.P. might actually be making a push to regain a slim majority. The Senate is currently split 49-49 with two Independents - Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Vermont's Bernie Sanders - who caucus with the Democrats. But this cycle there are a range of factors working against them...
Fresh off two losses in a row—the Harvard field hockey team’s first consecutive-game losing streak of the season—the Crimson entered a non-league test against Northeastern yesterday afternoon looking to regain its momentum in what has been a return to Ivy prominence this season...