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Blackout.

BAGHDAD – Editor’s note: U.S. Army Capt. Dan Sukman is serving a one-year deployment to Iraq. For previous entries and his bio, see the Soldier’s Diary archives. April 25, 2006 We have been on blackout for about two days now. After a soldier dies, whether it is by enemy fire, …

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Sticky Situation, Mural Meltdown

The St. Cloud Times reports that a county commissioner in Minnesota is in hot water for referring to the local human rights commission as a “tar baby,” a term some in town interpreted as racially insensitive. During a discussion about the panel, Stearns County Commissioner Leigh Lenzmeier said of the …

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Oil Prices Retreat on OPEC Comments

LONDON – Oil prices fell nearly 2.5 percent Monday after OPEC promised to keep pumping near maximum capacity, but losses were limited as the cartel conceded that it could not cool the red hot market. U.S. light crude fell $1.84 cents to $73.33 a barrel, distancing itself from the $75.35 …

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