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Rally calls for new health care Rx for California
July 6, 2007SAN FRANCISCO — Top elected officials including Mayor Gavin Newsom urged far-reaching health care reforms, as patients and families shared horror stories about their care June 28 on the steps of City Hall. The rally was...
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July 7 WHATS REALLY GOOD
July 6, 2007Captain Irving makes history Barrington Irving, 23, an aerospace student at Florida Memorial University, says he is the first African American and youngest person to fly around the world alone. Flying a single-engine plane called “Inspiration,”...
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What happened to immigration reform?
July 6, 2007Commentary The Senate last month failed to pass the Bush-backed immigration reform plan, known as the “grand bargain.” It’s now widely reported that any immigration reform measures will have to wait until after the 2008 elections....
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CIA family jewels exposed
July 6, 2007WASHINGTON — Call it the “family jewels” or the “skeletons in the closet,” the 702 pages of classified CIA files released June 26 expose the agency, once again, as deeply involved in assassinations, the Watergate conspiracy,...
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Midnight thoughts on a lovelorn mockingbird
July 6, 2007Every night, just after midnight, the mockingbird that resides in the holly tree outside our bedroom window begins to sing. He is so loud, his songs so varied and complex, he wakes me up. I lie...
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