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...Firefighter Colonel Wanius Amorim remembers the Simpsons every time he catches a monkey in someone's front room, drags an alligator from a back porch or gingerly lifts a snake from the street. For the commander of a Rio fire station nestled in the middle of the world's biggest inner-city forest, saving wild animals is all in a day's work...
...head of the fire department's Forestry and Environmental unit, Amorim's main tasks are saving lost hill walkers and fighting forest fires. But because his firehouse sits in the woods high above the city, every few days he gets calls from residents freaked out by fauna...
...around 8:20 p.m., a power surge in Harvard Yard led to an electrical overload in the Adams House C entry high tension room. The surge created an electrical fire in the Adams basement and disrupted power for both Adams and all freshman dorms, according to Adams House Master John G. "Sean" Palfrey '67, who was in touch with electricians and firemen arriving at the scene in the pouring rain...
Though the electrical fire was quickly subdued, the power remained off, creating problems with power-related services like ID-card swiping, the emergency blue light system, and emergency alarms. Students were asked to leave the dorms for the night...
...case is it murkier than in the Aug. 22 strike on the western Afghan village of Azizabad. What is not in dispute is that U.S. special forces on the ground ordered an AC-130 gunship to attack at least two houses after they and their Afghan allies came under fire. The result of the attack, however, is far from certain. The Pentagon concluded that up to 35 insurgents and as many as seven civilians were killed. But the Afghan government, backed by a United Nations inquiry, puts the toll at 76 to 90 civilians, including 60 children. That would make...