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...Just after seven, a semi-trailer truck, minus its trailer, approached from the south at high speed. The driver's face was shrouded in a traditional Arab scarf, or yeshmargh. He flashed his lights and blared his horn for a bus to get out of his way. "He accelerated as he passed me," recalls the bus driver. Just as Aziz was about to cross the street, and the garbage collector was stepping back to his vehicle, the truck reached the earth-filled blast barriers around the barracks and embassy. According to an Iraqi guard at a nearby compound, the driver...
...Voters on January 30 will also be asked to choose provincial councils and, in the case of the Kurds, a regional government for their semi-autonomous zone...
...HUPD officers were dispatched to The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, to assist Cambridge Police Department (CPD) and the Fire Department track down smoke that had reportedly been emanating from the roof. Upon investigation, no smoke was found...
...done. It could easily have become a familiar legislative charade--a "reform" is passed, there's a nice bill-signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, various pols (including the President) get to take credit, but nothing really changes ... except for the accretion of another sedimentary layer of semi-powerless bureaucracy. In truth, it is impossible for Congress to reorganize the inner workings of the Executive Branch without the full support of the President, and I'm not so sure George Bush really favored either one of the attempted reforms...
...former lead singer of the Lemonheads (of punk cover of “Mrs. Robinson” semi-fame) continues his solo alt-pop career with a return to his hometown in support of his album Baby I’m Bored. Come party like it’s 1992. With Jake Brennan & the Confidence Men and Bob Cenci. Tickets at door or online. $15. Doors at 8 p.m. 18+ only. Paradise Rock Club...