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...between shutting down the original location or trying another location, according to DeLuca, who attended University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The founders took a risk and chose the latter, which proved to be successful. “I was able to solve enough big problems along the way that the sheriff didn’t come along and put the ‘bankruptcy’ sign up,” he said. As he faced early financial uncertainties, DeLuca had to juggle his Subway responsibilities with a romantic life, he said. “Basically, my dating life was driving...
...Five years ago, Deputy Sheriff Timothy Scott of Coweta County, Ga., a rural area 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, had his own Bullitt moment. On a Thursday night at 11 p.m., as a second deputy watched from the side of the road, a car whizzed by doing 73 in a 55 mph zone. The deputy gave chase, his blue lights flashing, but the car accelerated quickly. It ran red lights, crossed double-yellow lines to pass other cars, and hit speeds exceeding 90 mph. Curiously, before every turn, the driver put on his blinker...
...going to stop, so the deputy radioed for help, and Scott joined the chase. As the fleeing driver swerved into a shopping mall parking lot, Scott headed for the opposite side and tried to block the exit. The driver squeezed by, bumping Scott's car, which the deputy sheriff did not appreciate. He took the lead in the chase, and called his supervisor at headquarters for "permission to PIT" the driver...
...both campaigned hard on conservative credentials, but lost their respective races. "They didn't present a clear alternative and the national wave didn't catch them," said Yarmuth. "Democrats who might have been inclined to vote for them, figured, 'What's the difference?'" Even supposed conservative Democrats like former sheriff Brad Ellsworth in Indiana's 8th District, who trounced Republican incumbent John Hostettler, ran in support of raising the minimum wage and against some of the Bush tax cuts...
...House, the defeat of GOP Congressman John Hostettler by Democrat Brad Ellsworth, the Vanderburgh County sheriff, was the first confirmation that predictions of a Democratic takeover were coming to pass. The main question now appears to be how big a margin the Democrats will rack...