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Michelle Lopez whispers some innocent line into Gary Alton’s ear during recess at their innercity school. She had told friends that she liked the boy, but he was shy. When asked what she whispered, she replied that she told him he was cute,…

Four times a year the over four hundred figures at the Norwich Free Academy must be cleaned off or dusted. At times the various reproductions of famous sculptures appear to be cooperating with the cleaners.

Albert Horton and his children needed more than one pool to cool themselves off during the hottest day of the year last summer, so they gathered up their second pool and carted it across their lawn and put it down next to the other one, just beyond…

Only a few minutes after the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, people all over the world turned to television for the immediate reports. Playing the scene again and again seemed to hypnotize viewers as they watched in disbelief as did this TV shop…

In 1986, the use of drugs by teens hit an all time high, especially with the introduction of the new variation of cocaine known as “crack.” In a dark area of New Haven just behind an elementary school, a group of teens does a…

Just outside Augurn, Alabama, the heavens opened up after weeks of no rain--not in time for the ‘86 crops or the farmers who lost millions, but it provided relief from the severe heat. Caught in the downpour on the porch of an abandoned house,…

The worst drought to hit the Southeast in over a century began in 1986. By summer, it was the worst drought the Southeast had ever seen. In August, just outside Athens, Georgia, a dog stands on what used to be a 12-ft. lake.