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Union bricklayer & teacher turn to farming: Family orchards story
June 2, 2006Nancy Mendenhall’s story begins in 1907 with the decision of her grandparents (and mine) to flee Tacoma’s smog to start a fruit farm irrigated with water pumped from the Columbia River in eastern Washington. Frank M....
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Study says Arctic was once a lot like Miami: Mosquitoes were probably the size of your head
June 2, 2006WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have found something about the North Pole that could send a shiver down Santa’s spine: It used to be downright balmy. In fact, 55 million years ago the Arctic was once a...
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Deaths of children with HIV not inevitable
June 2, 2006UNITED NATIONS — (AP) More than 2 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV, almost all in sub-Saharan Africa where there is no access to treatment and death almost certain, seven leading...
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Bush faces coalition of the dwindling
June 2, 2006It’s a coalition of the dwindling. The U.S.-led multinational occupying force in Iraq is losing troops from two of its most important allies -Italy and South Korea -and up to a half dozen other members could...
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Rage for the Wage high schoolers lead the way
June 2, 2006They could not find enough seats so they sat on the Capitol steps. Over 100 high school students from across Ohio gathered in Columbus on May 17 to present their minimum wage petitions to the committee...
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