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Crawford, a former Eliot House resident, was sitting on her bicycle while stopped at a crosswalk in Walnut Creek, Calif., when a 74-year-old man lost control of his 2002 Cadillac while driving at about 35 mph. The man crashed his car into Crawford and her friend, fellow rider and Berkeley exchange student Jan Christian Claussen...
...September 13, 2006: Van Nuys, California A student is shot and killed in a crosswalk in front of a school. The incident is suspected to be gang related...
Spain's parliament ruled on Feb. 27 that transsexuals can choose their official gender, but that's not the only sign that Spaniards take the idea of sexual equality further than most. Two days later, crosswalk signals in Fuenlabrada, south of Madrid, suddenly donned skirts. In an effort to promote "equality in traffic safety," the town has begun installing lights that flash up alternate male and female figures; metal signs are also being amended. "[Old] traffic signals leave half the population invisible," says local police chief José Francisco Cano. The inspiration for change came from the city of Lugo...
...caterer told a reporter while ferrying trays into Loeb. She confirmed only that she had been forbidden to speak to the press before disappearing into the house.The reporters and chauffeurs were soon joined on the increasingly crowded street by a Harvard police officer, who patrolled the crosswalk leading to the Barker Center. Inside the humanities building, a bust of John Harvard looked down on a few technicians setting up for the afternoon press conference.After over an hour without any movement from Loeb, a lone overseer, Ann M. Fudge, finally emerged at 2:20 p.m., smiling broadly.“You?...
...Seven. A crosswalk between Old Leverett and Leverett Towers. What should be a benign trip to experience the glory of Leverett Dining Hall has become an escalating game of Russian roulette. We cower when we cross DeWolfe St., unaided by any white lines painted on the asphalt, and the speeding cars waffle between letting us pass or flooring it. For the sake of our safety, a crosswalk and a "Careful…Bunny Crossing" sign are in order...