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  • The Comeback Country

    The Comeback Country

    Share The river was not high, so there was not more than a two or three mile current. Hardly a word was said during the next three-quarters of an hour. Now the raft was passing before the distant town. Two or three glimmering lights showed where it [...]

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  • The Shape of Things to Come

    The Shape of Things to Come

    SharePresently she stepped into the kitchen, and Sid, happy in his immunity, reached for the sugar-bowl

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  • The Job Hunt

    The Job Hunt

    Share The raft drew beyond the middle of the river; the boys pointed her head right, and then lay on their oars. The river was not high, so there was not more than a two or three mile current. Hardly a word was said during the [...]

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  • Today Is the Best Tax Day of Your Life

    Today Is the Best Tax Day of Your Life

    ShareSATURDAY morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring [...]

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  • Vehicles travel during rush hour on Interstates 10 and 110 near downtown.

    Vehicles travel during rush hour on Interstates 10 and 110 near downtown.

    ShareWithin two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles. Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them [...]

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  • Apple announces new iPhone 4: the Steve Jobs keynote

    Apple announces new iPhone 4: the Steve Jobs keynote

    ShareSteve Jobs took the stage at Apple Incs Worldwide Developers Conference to announce new features and products from the company. The chief executive began by giving an update on the iPad. The tablet computing device sold 2 million units in the first two months since its [...]

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  • Critics Notebook: Glee sings to a forgotten generation

    Critics Notebook: Glee sings to a forgotten generation

    ShareJourney, Young MC and Cyndi Lauper. The show grooves to the 80s while turning stereotypes on their head. Finally, the music of tail-end boomers is heard. still till she asked who did the mischief; and then he would tell, and there would be nothing so good [...]

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  • Lakers looking to get the low-down again in Game 3 against Celtics

    Lakers looking to get the low-down again in Game 3 against Celtics

    ShareThe Lakers went away from their strength, 7-footers Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, in the fourth quarter of Game 2 loss. They say they intend to go back to trying to exploit their size advantage in the low post Tuesday in Boston. Reporting from Boston The [...]

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  • Immigration law supporters rally in Arizona

    Immigration law supporters rally in Arizona

    SharePHOENIX — Hundreds of people supporting Arizonas new law cracking down on illegal immigration gathered near the state Capitol on Saturday as soaring temperatures were expected to hit 107 degrees. The Pennsylvania-based group Voice of the People USA organized the demonstration, which it touts as [...]

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  • Stevens Real Legacy

    Stevens Real Legacy

    ShareWithin two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles. Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them [...]

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