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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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Darfur, oil and the China card
July 6, 2007Darfur has almost become a household word, and with good reason. The first human-made catastrophe of the 21st century, its death count combined with the huge humanitarian crisis staggers the imagination. Whether it’s the 400,000 claimed...
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