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...list of woes went on and on. Because of a lack of storage space, criminal evidence is still kept in the back of an 18-wheel truck. The city's crime lab just reopened after finally finding a home on the University of New Orleans campus. The resources that most major cities take for granted just haven't existed for the past 22 months. And according to Cannatella, it's not just the infrastructure-it's the manpower. Several hundred of his officers still live in temporary housing. "They live in FEMA trailers, they come to work in a FEMA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans: Police Still Underfunded | 6/20/2007 | See Source »

...fast, I know that. Faster than this chair was made to go.' BEN CARPENTER, 22, of Alamo, Michigan, who in a bizarre collision was pushed down a highway at speeds of up to 80 km/h after his wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a large truck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...yelling when the officers approached him. He then charged at them. Alfred Cox, 47 was placed under arrest and charged with disorderly conduct.June 1: 10:35 a.m.: HUPD responded to a report of a chemical spill in the Currier House dining hall. The individuals responded that, while backing their truck out of the loading dock, the undercarriage of the vehicle struck a speed bump and caused a gas leak. The appropriate authorities arrived on scene to control the spill and to tow the truck to another location.June 2: 11:51 p.m.: Officers heard yelling at the Physical Resources Center...

Author: By Noah S. Bloom, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 6/5/2007 | See Source »

...brother works in a Birmingham coffee shop and has vowed to find him a job. That his entry and his job will almost certainly be illegal doesn't matter much to him. Lean and athletic, the 23-year-old says he has spent six weeks looking for a truck with a shipping container he can pry open and hide in during the ferry crossing to Dover. Though police dogs sniff vehicles and drivers seem vigilant in locking the containers, he says he'll keep trying until he succeeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Calais: Treading Water | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

...Mindwube I, the smoking mountains of garbage on the capital's eastern edge, where the hypermarkets throw out meat and vegetables that have passed their sell-by dates. Madeleine, a 60-year-old mother of 10, lives with several thousand others in the area around the dump. When the truck arrives, it's a ferocious feast. Hundreds of scavengers descend on the skip, elbowing their way into the trash and plunging their hands in deep. "The supermarkets are the best," says Madeleine. "It's in boxes, all arranged." Nor do the inhabitants of Mindwube just find food. There are "plates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa's Oil Dreams | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

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