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Floridas elite casts menacing glance at Cuba
August 2, 2006News Analysis Despite a growing number of Floridians, including Cuban Americans, who want normal diplomatic relations with Havana, the Sunshine State has long been a base of foul schemes against the Cuban Revolution. A story in...
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The Middle East in crisis
July 28, 2006As I write, Israeli troops are invading Lebanon on its southern border. No doubt this escalation will heighten the danger of a wider war, one that could involve other state and non-state actors in that region...
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High pesticide exposure found among migrant workers
July 28, 2006RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — It could be a father hugging his children after a day’s work in the tobacco field, or pesticide residue on his clothing washed with family laundry. Maybe it was children playing in...
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The promise of stem cell research
July 28, 2006Stem cells are relatively undifferentiated cells, that is, they have no specific tissue function. They are capable of self-renewal or of being stimulated to develop into specialized (differentiated) cells. There are two kinds of stem cells:...
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Weird fun
July 28, 2006MovieREVIEWPrairie Home Companion Directed by Robert Altman, written by Garrison Keillor Rated PG-13, 105 min. There’s pleasure on so many levels in Robert Altman’s “Prairie Home Companion,” it’s hard to know where to begin. The movie...
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