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43 Are Arrested in Gang Inquiry in Los Angeles

Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press A man not suspected in the investigation watched on Tuesday as officers entered a Los Angeles County house. By SOLOMON MOORE Published: August 1, 2007 LOS ANGELES, July 31 — More than 400 police officers and federal agents took part in predawn raids on Tuesday, arresting 43 people suspected of being members […]

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Move to limit memorials angers families of Iraq troops

FORT LEWIS, Washington:   Twenty soldiers deployed to Iraq from the army base here were killed in May, a monthly high. That same month, the base announced a change in how it would honor its dead: instead of units holding services as casualties occurred, they would be held collectively once a month. The anger and […]

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Sarah Taylor will still appear, Senate Judiciary Commitee says

SALON’S War Room We just got off the phone with Tracy Schmaler, a spokesperson for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Democratic majority. Schmaler told us it is her understanding that — despite President Bush’s invocation of executive privilege in regards to the testimony of former White House staffers Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers about the ongoing […]

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JONATHAN LARSON”S “RENT” PAYER TAKEN OFF THE BLOCK

From Sheffield’s goshdarngood blog about NYC’s historic relativity and so much more: Moondance Diner: It’s Gone The Moondance Diner—Soho landmark, employer of Jonathan Larson and Spiderman’s girlfriend, last free-standing diner in Manhattan—finally closed on July 1, following months of press coverage about its imminent demise. Condo builders, rejoice! You have triumphed again. According to Metro, […]

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