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After corrections officials assigned Singleton to parole in Antioch (pop. 48,000), some 40 miles northeast of San Francisco, nearly 10,000 town residents signed a petition opposing his presence. Fearing vigilante violence, county officials got a temporary court order to block the plan. San Francisco County quickly followed suit, citing similar public safety concerns. Nearby San Mateo County also raised objections to having Singleton living within its borders. At week's end Singleton's ex-wife Mary Collins stated that she was not afraid of him and offered to take him into her home in Lake County, north...
...their Great Trek, which over the years has acquired the epic aura of a Long March or a Valley Forge. Packing their women and children into ox-drawn wagons, some 6,000 Afrikaners departed from the British settlements on the coast and tramped hundreds of miles to the northeast, to the uninhabited wilderness along the Vaal River...
...study found that the likelihood of obesity also varies among social classes and regions of the country. "The fattest kids in the United States are located in large urban areas in the Northeast," Gortmaker said. The skinniest ones live in the West...
...country twang of Davis' guitar and voice and the punk insistence of the rhythm. Like William Faulkner, Dash Rip Rock seems ambivalent about its southern roots, but that ambivalence makes its art richer. Plus, Dash Rip Rock must be a killer live band, but until it comes to the Northeast to play--and thereby to incite riots--Dash Rip Rock will suffice as a substitute...
Playing at number three singles is Stanley, last year's Northeast Rolex Championship winner...