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Officer Steve Horgan of the Boston Police mounted unit rubbed his horse’s ears to keep him warm at Downtown Crossing.

City, shelters scramble in the cold

By Cristina Silva
Globe Staff / December 14, 2005

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With temperatures expected to remain below 20 degrees until tomorrow afternoon, city officials and social service agencies scrambled yesterday to provide needy residents with emergency shelter and heating supplies to help them through what was expected to be one of the coldest nights so far this season. (Full article: 769 words)

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