1.   Bethany Megan Robinson says residents of Hammond Drive who object to the closure of Loraine Crescent do so because it stops them taking a short cut.

2.   As the night wore on, most of the violence became directed at the police, residents said.

3.   ATF agents with dogs searched the apartment just after midnight, said two residents of the apartment complex.

4.   Beach erosion, from elevated tides, was one of the most noticeable impacts of the storm, but even that, residents said, was less than feared.

5.   But even that has been a mixed blessing, because the youngest children are not used to eating it and have become sick with diarrhea, residents said.

6.   But Naches Valdivia says residents and merchants also rebel, because officers rarely distinguish between legally purchased goods and contraband.

7.   Commuting time is a critical quality-of-life factor, say many residents.

8.   He said elderly residents who had bought their houses when land was cheap, hoping to reap rewards, instead lost out.

9.   He says many residents, wearied by poverty and violence, are receptive to his message of salvation.

10.   Just outside the town rebels frequently set up a checkpoint, stopping cars and sometimes threatening people, residents said.