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...days after Coffin died, more than 100 of his comrades and two generals crowded into a room in his unit's Baghdad headquarters, spilling out into the hallway. All had their weapons in hand, as required in Iraq; Coffin's combat boots, his rifle and helmet were on a table at the front of the room, next to two framed pictures of him. The soldiers remembered his professionalism, his kindness and his humor. They sang Amazing Grace. And finally they were called to attention, told to "Present arms!" by the officer in charge. Coffin's full name was called...
...relented, and saw a heart stretching from shoulder to shoulder with the word Mom written inside. Her son explained it was because she was always on his back. In 2000, after graduating from high school, Bradach-Nall surprised his mother again when he joined the Marines. His unit entered Iraq in March. In May Travis gave up a chance to return to the U.S. and volunteered to stay on. He was killed clearing mines near Karbala. Lynn Bradach now plans to get her own tattoo--a gold star like the one the military gave her in appreciation...
...more respect from the troops. After a three-year stint at Fort Bragg, N.C., he joined the Florida National Guard and attended Santa Fe Community College. He was also active in politics and helped run the successful re-election campaign of county commissioner Cynthia Chestnut. In December Jeffrey's unit was called up for duty. Wershow was shot while guarding U.S. officials attending a meeting at the University of Baghdad. --Reported by Broward Liston/Gainesville...
Beth Wilson, a stay-at-home mom in Hobart, Ind., 35 miles southeast of Chicago, is still seething over last winter's bills from Northern Indiana Public Service Co., known as NIPSCO. In March 2002, Wilson paid the utility 33¢ a heating unit for the family's two-bedroom home. By March of this year, the price had shot up to 86¢, an increase of 161%. If the price of new cars had risen at the same pace, a midrange Ford Taurus would sell for $54,000 today. Says Wilson: "I never turn my heat up past 68. I didn...
Nothing new here: the government has been selling solar for years with generous tax incentives. Most of the public, though, isn't buying. And people who do often have memorable experiences. A quarter-century ago, the owners of a 13-story, 64-unit co-op at 924 West End Avenue on New York City's Upper West Side erected a steel framework on the rooftop, welded it to the building's steel beams and attached 117 solar-collector panels. Water heated by the sun flowed through pipes into a 5,000-gal. storage tank in the building's old coal...