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The Guardian has a great article on the emergency services’ reactions to the July 7th bombings in London.

Michael Collinson, an off-duty nurse, recalls stepping into the road near Russell Square station, some minutes after the bombs went off, and commandeering a passing delivery truck, telling the astonished driver it was needed for ferrying medical supplies. A firefighter speeding past Tavistock Square half an hour later, on his way to King’s Cross, recalls seeing the destroyed No 30 bus and thinking it must have gone under a low bridge. And PC Tony Asquith, stretchering commuters through the acrid smoke and heat of the Piccadilly line tunnels, remembers an injured man so shocked that he couldn’t stop talking about his wedding ring, and how upset his wife would be that, in the chaos, it had slipped off and vanished.

Highly recommended.

Did someone say housing bubble?

The number of canceled listings in Massachusetts has nearly tripled since 2001, a sign that one of the hottest real estate markets in the country is beginning to cool down, said real estate specialists. It ”tells you is the market is softening. Demand is declining,” said Karl Case, professor of economics at Wellesley College.