Monthly Archives: October 2007

U.S. diplomats vent over forced Iraq duty

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger and frustration Wednesday about the State Department’s decision to force foreign service officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some likening it to a “potential death sentence.” In a contentious hourlong … Continue reading

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Britney Spears Calls the World ‘Cruel’

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Britney Spears defended her parenting and chastised her critics, lamenting “how cruel our world can be,” in a brief interview on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show Wednesday. Spears, always photographed but rarely interviewed these days, also spoke … Continue reading

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Chocolate City Revisited: An Op/Ed by TexasFred

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The view from Kinh Nguyen’s front door these days is nothing like the “abandoned cemetery” she saw upon returning to her New Orleans neighborhood two months after Hurricane Katrina. Gone are the blue tarps and plywood … Continue reading

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