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People might have to yield to elk and other wildlife on part of the Rio Grande Trail. The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority will consider banning human use from Dec. 1 to May 1 on the next portion of trail it plans to build on the railroad corridor. RFTA is scheduled to construct 4.5 miles of trail this summer from Hooks Lane, in the Emma area, to the Catherine Bridge. Limiting use of the $1 million trail to seven months of the year is one concession RFTA is contemplating to make the trail more compatible with wildlife using the area, according...

BOSTON - John Kerry bounced the ceremonial first pitch during last night's Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park, but he said he was just going easy on the National Guard soldier and Iraq war veteran standing in as catcher. "I held back," Mr. Kerry told reporters early this morning, on the plane ride after the game. "He was very nervous. I tried to lob it gently."

Crime-scene photo unsettling to some 01/25/2003 By JACQUIELYNN FLOYD / The Dallas Morning News The large photograph that appeared in Friday's paper - the trade argot is "centerpiece art" - gave rise to a lot of discussion by virtue of having had a dead person in it. The picture was taken outside a Far North Dallas home, where a resident had shot and killed two intruders who tried to break in early Thursday. One of the apparent burglars died in the apartment, and the other collapsed and died outside. A photographer for The Dallas Morning News captured what is...