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Helio Castroneves is late. Not by much, but enough to be noticeable for a man who makes his living getting from one place to another as quickly as he can.
The source of his lateness Wednesday, four days before the running of the Indianapolis 500, is a crowd. His crowd.

Our man Konrad makes Anna Quindlen quit.

Konrad Marshall: “I’d been delaying writing a story about veteran suicide for a year now. There’s a raft of reasons writers procrastinate and dillydally when it comes to the ones that matter. No time for sprawling works. No deadline to answer for passion projects. No advocate for getting the thing in the paper. The Mike [...]

Mentioned by Scott. Linked here now:
Throughout her life, she has been Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Street and Mrs. Smith.
She was also Mrs. Moyer, Mrs. Massie and Mrs. McMillan.
But the former Mrs. Berisford, Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Essex was born Linda Lou Taylor.
She grew up in the Central Indiana town of Alexandria — a place that lays [...]

Konrad Marshall:
A disheveled man shuffles into view, sets his drink on a planter, looks to either side, and begins to take his pants down.
Monique Brown walks by as his slacks fall. She turns back and lets out a little scream. Tom Broadus looks up from his desk across the street and sees a bare butt [...]

Konrad is a Livingston finalist. Here’s the story.

Meghan Murphy, Adam Bosch and Christian Livermore are here from the Times Herald-Record here in New York’s always gorgeous mid-Hudson Valley. David Filkins, Scott Waldman and Pete Iorizzo are here from the Times Union in Albany. Tim Bontemps is here from the New York Post. Lee Hill Kavanaugh is here from the Kansas City Star. [...]