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Mailbag: Saving the Earth hardly starts with fire pits
Melville tells us in the opening lines of "Moby Dick:" "Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries — stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all...Tags: Business, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Jerry Brown, Government
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From North Korea to Main Street
Soon after the tragic events of 9/11, artist Gary Simpson was inspired to create a large conceptual piece combining cement with soil from every member state of the United Nations. He called the project "Common Ground 191." He relied on volunteers and...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Arts and Culture, North Korea, Tour Operations Industry, Arts
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Natural Perspectives: Resolve to help yourself, environment this year
Vic already leads a perfect life, so he has no need for New Year's resolutions. I, on the other hand, live the life of a slovenly lay-about, so I have a great need to renew my resolution to be a better person at the beginning of each year. It is never...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diets and Dieting, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Putting American youth on the international voice
Mallory Hytrek said America's youth must be heard on the international stage. The 18-year-old Huntington Beach resident, who moved to Washington, D.C., three months ago to attend The George Washington University, is part of the United States Youth...Tags: International Organizations, Washington, DC, White House, Human Rights, Politics
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A night of bands, belly dancing
The official title of Sunday's show at Golden West College is Bands and Bellies VIII. To a scorekeeper, though, it's more like Bands and Bellies 1, Community 7. Over the last two years, producers Alec C. Marken and Sarah "al Nour" Baxter have hosted...Tags: Fine Arts, Arts and Culture, Immigration, Arts, Migration
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Mailbag: Now is not the time to ban bags
Broc Coward's treatise is excellent, save one major issue that he chooses to ignore — the timing is all wrong, just as are Alaska oil and Wyoming shale restrictions, stricter Environmental Protection Agency industry requirements, tougher auto gas...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Human Interest, 2010 Census, American Civil Liberties Union, Environmental Issues
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Students picket outside H.B. High
More than a dozen Huntington Beach High School students have protested in front of campus this week against what the leaders called an overemphasis on grades and assignments and a failure by teachers to encourage independent thought. The students,...Tags: Demonstration, Music, Concerts, University of California, Los Angeles, The Rolling Stones (music group)
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City Lights: Thankful for our free society
I guess it's fitting that this column will run in print on Thanksgiving Day. Every year at this time, we're supposed to reflect on what we're thankful for — which, in the United States, should include accessible schooling, lenient authorities and...Tags: John Lennon, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students
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City Lights: Haiti still needs us
Remember Haiti? The impoverished Caribbean island became the focus of international attention in January when a 7.0 earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people and left countless more displaced. For awhile, it was hard to open a newspaper without...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Haiti, San Clemente (Orange, California), Caribbean Islands, Huntington Beach
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Iraq car bombings leave dozens dead
BAGHDAD — Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday amid the worst wave of violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago. The attacks, which occurred along busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas,...Tags: Nouri Maliki, Islam, Iraq, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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How Obama can rescue his candidacy
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Taxation, Susan Rice
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Car bombs in Iraq kill at least 65 people
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday as the country's worst wave of violence since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago continued. The attacks that occurred by busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas followed...
Tags: Bombings, Nouri Maliki, Religious Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Emergency Incidents
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