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Alberta Douglas, who coordinates the South Area Crime Watch, enlists citizen volunteers to do their own patrols through neighborhoods. Douglas, 69, has become even more vigilant since her home was burglarized twice in January. The first time, a snowblower was stolen from her garage; the second time, someone broke into her home while she slept and stole her purse. "I look out at the 90-year-old neighbor's home every day," she said, adding that she isn't scared for herself but for others in the neighborhood. "I get up all night to make sure she's OK." Douglas said she owns a shotgun and that the next time someone tries to steal from her, "They will be facing that." Mary S. Williams, a friend of Douglas, lives on the north side end of town, but said the problem is everywhere.
Zoo garage plan shot down
There's an alternative to the car and it's called the bus. It goes right by the zoo. Having lived on Phinney Ridge for most of the Eighties, I took it home many times. This nonsense that "families can't use the bus" is simply that: nonsense. Most adult Americans are akin to spoiled children. In Seattle, families of four - two parents, two children - can get around perfectly fine, on the bus. There never was a real need for a four story garage to serve the zoo. And that first post, while indeed glib, might not be ridiculous. The elephants would still all be better served at a sanctuary intended solely for elephants. Seattle is simply too cold and wet for elephants and they don't have the space they need.The intentions - saving them from poachers and lost habitat in places such as India - are good.
Tanker award caps tumultuous period
After the Air Force responded to McCain's complaint and announced it would solicit competing bids, Druyun admitted sharing with Boeing proprietary pricing information that had been furnished to the Pentagon by rival Airbus. "It was jaw-dropping," said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group. "She was admitting to what in the worst of all worlds we thought might be happening." Later investigations concluded that part of the problem rested in the fact that Druyun had functioned during the previous tanker competition in a bureaucratic vacuum, with little oversight from superiors or little transparency to outsiders. Fast-forward to 2008, and the Air Force now has congressional approval to buy a new fleet of aerial tankers.
Corps off hook for N.O. canal lapses
Millions of dollars were squandered in building a levee system with respect to these outfall canals which was known to be inadequate by the corps' own calculations." Duval's decision leaves the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board and Orleans Levee District as defendants in the lawsuit. As of the beginning of January, the corps had received 489,000 claim forms, including a number of duplicate forms, a spokeswoman said Jan. 7. The forms provide notice to the corps that a person plans to participate in a damage lawsuit against the agency. At times, blocks-long lines of New Orleans residents lined up outside the New Orleans District headquarters on Leake Avenue as deadlines for filing the forms loomed. .
D. Cabrera takes control in debut
It started with him asking to go to winter ball. He has a real good idea what he's got to do, and Kranitz is right there with him all the way."
Cabrera said he mixed in his changeup - a pitch he has experimented with in the past - "two or three" times yesterday. His one strikeout came on a nasty, cutting fastball that befuddled young Nationals first baseman Josh Whitesell.
"He needs to go with this and build on it," Trembley said of Cabrera.
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Chris Matthews: Defeat Means Troops Still in Iraq--What About WWII?
When will we be able to come home from Iraq, based upon all this popular good news here? (...) MATTHEWS: Because if we can‘t ever come home, we can‘t ever say we won. I understand what Matthews is trying to say, but it isn't that cut and dry. For many reasons, the winning side frequently retains troops in the country where the war was waged—rebuilding, maintaining order, training the defeated and ensuring that others do not invade. Iraq wouldn't be the first country where military forces remain in country after the war is over. Surely Matthews knows that. I wager that Matthews “definition of defeat" is a little different than most military historians'. Requiring American troops to leave the battleground country to declare a victory would mean that we didn't win WWII.
From the blogs: NPR visits Elmwood, bikes in traffic, and bear ...
Memphis Music Confidential writer Andria Lisle wrote about Maxim magazine's review of The Black Crowes' latest album before even hearing it. And Blake Fontenay offers an unusual image of local legend Al Green stuck in the express checkout lane at Wal-Mart. All of this and more is sampled from the local blogosphere and listed conveniently below. - The Bloodshot Eye (CA): Bear-Wrestling: 'Grizzly' vs. The Grizz - Memphis Music Confidential: The Black Crowes vs. Maxim magazine - The Shelf Life (CA): NPR visits Elmwood Cemetery with Memphis author - Healthy Memphis (CA): Where Do Bikes Belong? - Blake's Blog (CA): It's not easy being Green - Pets on my Mind(CA): Cats can help you stay healthy, if you're not allergic! - The Memphis Edge (CA) - Dan Wolken: Epilogue: Tennessee - The Memphis Edge (CA) - Bryan Brasher: Be sure to check out Saturday's story on abandoned hunting dogs - The Memphis Edge (CA) - John Stacy: You're not going to believe me but - The Memphis Scene (CA): Catching Up Again - Travel Blog (CA): Nothing like a quickie - Whining and Dining (CA): Don't Look a Gift Certificate in the Mouth - iDiva (CA): John Ford, Superdad? - Student: Revisited: Ramblings of a Pharmacy Technician (Part 1): - 55-40 Memphis: Is our children safe? - The Gates of Memphis: Demolition of Cumberland Presbyterian Planned - artbutcher: Stupid Christians and Their Stupid Christian Art - Fore Left: The ricin story - Tim Sampson (News channel 3) - Wednesday Ramblings - My Midtown Memphis: Underground Art Benefit - polar donkey: Subprime Loans Should Be Classified as Economic Meth - Secret Agent Mom: Let's Go Out Tonight Like It's Last Year - Smart City Memphis: Phoning It In - Steve's Nude Memphis Blog: Running On a Treadmill, Goin' Down and Down - The Pesky Fly: Instapundit outstupids himself - Theology and Geometry: Just another Friday in Saltillo: My family's neighbors busted for huge pot-growing operation Go outside.
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