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When the first 311 service was launched in Baltimore, Md., in 1996, no one expected it to be more than an unglamorous cousin to 911, which had been clogged with nonemergency calls about stumbling drunks and yapping dogs. But as 311 spread across the U.S., it evolved twice. First, it became a means for cities to improve customer service by cataloging complaints and tracking response time--and a much easier option for residents than navigating individual city agencies. And now a few cities like Chicago, Dallas and Chattanooga, Tenn., are not only answering 311 calls but also analyzing the larger...
...past two Congresses, even moderate federal bills sponsored by California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein--limiting purchases to 190 pills a month--died in committee because of industry opposition. Nonetheless, Feinstein and co-sponsor Jim Talent, a Missouri Republican, say the most efficient way to curtail the spread of meth factories is to deprive them of their raw materials. "This legislation is a dagger at the heart of meth manufacturing in America," says Talent...
...former boyfriend of your ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend may involve a loss of status or cross a line of loyalty. "It's an incest taboo of sorts," suggests co-author James Moody, an Ohio State sociologist. The behavior is a big factor in creating the long chains that spread germs...
...outside." The document calls for the deployment of three limos, each carrying 12 or more compressed-gas cylinders to create a "full fuel-air explosion by venting flammable gas into a confined space and then igniting it." It suggests painting the cylinders yellow to falsely "signify toxic gases to spread terror and chaos when emergency and haz-mat teams arrive...
...that prosperity, no matter who created it, hasn?t been spread equally, helping to fuel Barry?s latest comeback. For many in Washington, the housing boom has meant they can?t afford to live in many of the new apartments built in the city. And the income gap between Washington?s richest and poorest has grown wider, with the average income of the top fifth of Washington?s population 31 times as high as the bottom fifth. The recent controversy over a public-financed baseball stadium, which Barry opposed, illustrated that concern, as both white and black residents complained that...