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Ford Flex: brilliant idea with bad timing


In absolute terms, the Ford Flex is squarely brilliant. Here is a six- or seven-passenger kid hauler with none of the minivan stigma that so evidently traumatizes suburbanites. Actually, with its blacked-out roof pillars and “floating” white or silver roof, the Flex looks like the star of Roger Corman’s “Attack of the 50-Foot Mini traveler.” How could this not be …

Creamer in zone as she builds 6-shot lead
In the quiet of the locker room after missing the cut a year ago, a disgusted Paula Creamer swore she’d get even with Highland Meadows Golf Club.

Quake monitor showing promise
LOS ANGELES - US researchers said they were able to measure small changes in the density of fractures along the San Andreas fault as much as 10 hours before an earthquake, a step toward the long-sought goal of predicting potentially devastating quakes.

Ink blots
and learn their stories - tonight at the Washington Street Art Center’s reception for “Tattooed Lady.” Reception from 6 to 9 p.m. (show is up through July 26). Free. Washington Street Art Center, 321 Washington St., Somerville. 617-623-5315. washingtonst.org [Meredith Goldstein]

Making a splash
Who: Arts writer Joanna Weiss and her (almost) 4-year-old daughter, Ava What: Playing in the fountain Where: North End Parks at the Rose Kennedy Greenway I’ve never understood why people rag on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Even if the place were filled with scrubby grass and tumbleweeds, it would be a vast improvement on what was there before. As it …

Fusarium Keratitis Update
As of May 5, 2006, CDC has received reports of 102 confirmed cases, 12 possible cases and 81 cases still under investigation from 31 U.S. states and territories. 65 reports include insufficient evidence to classify them as cases or carry other non-Fusarium diagnoses. CDC s Advisory Committee Recommends Changes in […]

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