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That is precisely what he accomplishes the afternoon we arrive at a school choir competition and find seven girls laid out on the sidewalk. A school van had rolled backward into an underground garage, hitting some girls standing there and injuring others inside the vehicle. Rodrigues and his partner go to work, sidelining the five girls with minor injuries and moving quickly to the pair with possible fractures. The medics pull moldable splints from their backpacks and strap them to the young legs. Then they phone in to request an additional ambulance to back up the one that has already...
...corner on South Street in downtown Boston, a faux eyebrow fluttered across the pavement. Three extras walked repeatedly in a circle, lumbering off the edge of the sidewalk as they turned...
...long business trips, but the spirited VW was his trademark set of wheels. The Phillips Brooks House Association auctioned it off for charity in 1991. So how does Faust cruise down Mass Ave? She doesn’t. Though she owns a Honda Accord, Faust favors the sidewalk. “Since 2001 I have had the privilege of walking to work at Radcliffe and I am now trying to continue to do that as much as possible,” Faust writes in an e-mail. While Faust’s open-air commute has its perks...
...first incumbent Detroit mayor not to win a primary election. (He placed second in the Democratic primary, which allows the top two finishers to contest the general election.) He bounced back after urging voters to focus on his administration's management, rather than his style, pointing to road and sidewalk improvements and new recreation centers. However, a leader's effectiveness is partly tied to perception, and that's potentially risky in a city whose recovery is so fragile. Given his decision to fight the court award, many in Detroit are now asking if he is too big a financial liability...
Shortly after dawn on Saturday, hundreds of abortion opponents arrived at the clinic, which many people on all sides of the debate have started calling "Ground Zero." Some simply prayed on the sidewalk behind the clinic. Many carried signs reading, KEEP ABORTIONS OUT OF AURORA. Cheryl Hartnett, a 52-year-old Aurora retiree, said her "heart broke" when she learned the clinic is owned by Planned Parenthood. "There will be political consequences" for city officials, she warned Saturday, surrounded by a clutch of protesters. Meanwhile, people who live in the homes near the clinic are fearful of potential violence...