By STEVE MAYNARD, Tacoma News Tribune

TACOMA, Wash. -- For 40 days, a small group is huddling on the sidewalk outside Planned Parenthood here to oppose abortion. Volunteers take shifts, holding signs and praying aloud along Martin Luther King Jr. Way.Up to 175 people are taking part in the vigil in Tacoma, one of more than 170 cities in the United States and Canada participating in "40 Days for Life."

The priority list for cops in Fife, Wash., looks something like this: robberies, prostitution, car crashes ... and somewhere down the list, riding lawn mowers. When parks workers want to cut the grass in a nearby park, they can't just drive the mower a few blocks from the maintenance building.