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...Kandahar, an American officer directed his men not to shoot wildly at the shadows flitting through the chaos because "Dammit! It's civilians mixed with enemy." The U.S. is trying to fight a gentleman's war. There are civilian casualties in any war. We have to quit trying to pick and choose when we fire. Either get out now or fight...
...Pittsburgh was in even worse shape. In 2003, the police pension plan had enough assets to cover just 33% of promised retirement pay. That, too, was after Pittsburgh peddled $302 million in pension-obligation bonds between 1996 and 1998. In the end, taxpayers in both cities will have to pick up the tab. The place with the biggest problem is the state of Illinois, whose unfunded liability was estimated last year at $43.1 billion, or nearly double the state's budget...
...excitement and drama." Afterward, she continued to watch televised poker for hours at a time, bought a book on strategy and refined her game online and at live tables. Residing in a state where gaming outside a casino is illegal, she finds it hard as a woman to pick up live games as often as she would like. At her computer, she can ante up anytime and enjoys playing without the locker-room humor she has endured when eye to eye with opponents...
...more familiar with the male mind than the other way around. "From the time we're teens, we wonder, 'Will he call? What's he thinking?'" observes poker pro Hulbert. "Women have their intuition more honed." For savvy women, especially in live play, it's easy to pick up on male opponents' attitudes--biased, patronizing, flirtatious or fatherly--and exploit them, she says...
...haunt you,” Murphy said...Both Dawson and Brown’s Nick Hartigan are in the top five in the nation in rushing. Hartigan is second and Dawson is fifth...McCareins, who is second in the nation in interceptions per game, did not have a pick in Saturday’s contest. He did, however, recover a fumbled kickoff on the Crimson’s first possession of the day. —Staff writer Lisa J. Kennelly can be reached at kennell@fas.harvard.edu...