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...provides treatment, housing and support to about 2,000 young people each year, says heroin abuse remains common among young people with histories of abuse and violence, who use the drug to numb their emotions. When there was a glut of the drug, Murray says, far more people than usual were able to find and try it. Now, he says, "you have to know where to go and who to talk to." That means little has changed for the service: "Our kids have always been able to get it when they want...
...sidelines of the volleyball court in Tehran's Olympic training center are littered with the usual detritus of a warm-up game: stray balls, gym bags, sweaty tracksuits?and a jumble of crutches and prosthetic legs. The final countdown to the Paralympics, opening in Athens this week, has begun, and Iran's sitting-volleyball team is readying for what it hopes will be its fifth consecutive gold. Team manager Ali Kashfia, watching from a battered turquoise wheelchair, nods appreciatively as he watches a particularly elegant set-and-spike maneuver, a smile splitting his scarred and twisted face. The 40-year...
Michael Moore’s cameo appearance at the Garden Monday night upset more than the usual suspects...
After it was all over, former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara pronounced themselves a little weary (he slept through his usual 5:45 a.m. rising time once home) but happy. Last convention? Barbara: "Yes." The ex-President: "No." Situation to be negotiated...
...does; most people join by invitation, in turn inviting their friends (and so on). The personal information of everyone but your direct contact remains hidden. Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications, a p.r. firm, has used this social pyramid to close $200,000 worth of new business. Instead of the usual 3% response rate he gets from direct-marketing calls, Defren has elicited a beefy 50% rate courtesy of LinkedIn's referenced referrals. But Defren is careful not to ask for too many favors. "You're limited by your own sense of shame, because you want these people to remain...