The exterior, storm door was still locked, however, and she was afraid to break it open.

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The report described responding officers crawling through the storm door before they could get it open and search the basement, which was empty.

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Even so, Amanda Berry was afraid to break open the locked storm door because "she thought Ariel (Castro) was testing her, " said the police report.

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On the night she escaped, Ms. Berry told police that Mr. Castro had left the main front door open, but the storm door was locked and she couldn't get it open.

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Trailing behind her, Brad was surprised by the lithe swiftness with which she climbed the steps of the flagstone porch and let herself back in, holding the storm door for him as she opened the other.

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At Fairfield University in Connecticut, the University's College Democrats kicked off its "dorm storm" campaign, an effort in which students go door-to-door on campus with voter registration forms.

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The storm is still a category one hurricane, but the majority of Massachusetts locals expect it to turn into a mere tropical storm by the time it crosses into Rhode Island next door.

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During the storm, Guarisco kept a nurse and a doctor, as well as security guards and National Guardsmen at the door.

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