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...first hostages go this week. A Burning Issue U.S. Firefighters hoped to take advantage of cold weather and fog to bring under control the blazes that ravaged huge swaths of southern California for most of the week. The wildfires have killed 20 people, scorched 3,000 sq km of land and destroyed more than 2,800 homes. At week's end, the flames had receded from most of the major communities under threat. California's outgoing governor, Gray Davis, said the costs of the firefighting operation could exceed $2 billion, making this the state's most expensive natural disaster ever...
...pictures of abducted girls on Amber Alerts. In Skin's world, D.A. Thomas Roam (Kevin Anderson) runs his re-election campaign on an antismut crusade, while his target, Larry Goldman (Ron Silver), quips, "If the voters are so much against porn, why do I live in a 52,000-sq.-ft. mansion?" (And both men are powerless to control the hormones of their children, who meet and fall in love.) In Skin's world, a generation that grew up taking sexual liberties is rearing kids and now wants to take those liberties back, please...
...world's cardboard manufacturers turned out 132 billion sq m of the stuff, enough to cover the state of Louisiana, with a value of almost $95 billion. At whatever rate world GDP grows over the next five years, say, 2.5% annually, cardboard production will almost certainly grow a percentage point or more faster...
This yearly event fills the square with great food, beer, art, crafts, entertainment, and more for the Oktoberfest celebration. Noon to 6 p.m. Harvard Sq., Cambridge. Free...
...songs have made them a unique fixture on the Scottish music scene. Singer Karen Matheson performs in both English and Gaelic, and is accompanied by seven band members playing everything from guitar, fiddle, accordion, and bouzouki to flute, pipes, and keyboards. 8 p.m. $22-28. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq., Somerville...