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Shadia: My kind of Islam
Unlike Muslims who were born and raised in America, I thankfully didn't have to go to Sunday school to learn about my religion. Born in the '80s, I grew up in a place where my religion was part of the society and the community in which I lived in. I...Tags: Science, Cairo (Egypt), Religion and Belief, Values, Religious Texts
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Police, fire associations await 9/11 memorial designs
Three months ago, Huntington Beach's police and fire associations received a pair of steel girders from the World Trade Center and announced plans to make them rise again — in the form of a monument outside City Hall to remember the victims of the...Tags: Human Interest, Los Angeles Police Department
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City Lights: Looking back on an interview with Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens would have been a darn good high school teacher.
That was one of my first memories after hearing that the prolific author and columnist had died Thursday at the age of 62. A leftist for years, then an adamant supporter of the War...Tags: Documentary (genre), Kim Jong Il, John Kerry, Michael Moore, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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City Lights: A wish list in H.B. for 2012
I was about to write that this column is the Independent's Christmas wish list, but then I realized that Dec. 25 will have passed by the time the paper hits the newsstand. It will also barely miss Hanukkah. Kwanzaa, maybe? Well, never mind any particular...Tags: California Department of Transportation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hanukkah, Local Elections, Human Interest
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H.B.'s top stories of 2011
Here are the Independent's other top stories of 2011: * 2. Little Leaguers go big The Ocean View Little League Majors All-Star team went on a historic journey during the summer. The Huntington Beach squad captured Section 10 and Southern California...Tags: Scott Evans Dekraai, Human Interest, World Series, Disasters and Accidents, Orange County Superior Court
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City Lights: Teaching and learning from a Libyan friend
I imagine she would still look the same. My flatmate was in her early 20s when I saw her last, and less than a decade has passed since then. When I see crowd photos of the uprising in Libya, I scan the faces to check for hers — smiling or yelling...Tags: George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, National Government, Libya
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10 years ago: 'We'll go on again'
Editor's note: The Independent ran the following editorial, its first after the 9/11 attacks, on Sept. 20, 2001. * The images, the death, the destruction, the evil are almost too horrific to comprehend. Landmark skyscrapers that once graced the New...Tags: New York City, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Riots, Oklahoma City
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Calendar
THURSDAY Golf for Veterans The Mile Square Swingers Ladies Golf Club hosts its 30th Invitational Golf Tournament at Mile Square Golf Course, 10401 Warner Ave., Fountain Valley. This year's theme is "Swinging for the Red, White & Blue" and donations will...Tags: Arts and Culture, American Legion, Chris Sullivan, Dance, Central Park
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City Lights: Remembering 'the days before 9/11 became 9/11'
It slides so easily off the tongue: 9/11. Nineeleven. The terrorist attacks of a decade ago, which felt almost indescribable at the time, now occupy a compact place in our lexicon. If the hijackers had chosen a date that sounded more awkward out...Tags: Vietnam, The New York Times, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mel Brooks, Nazi Party
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In The Pipeline: After 9/11, cops become 'brothers'
Growing up in New York, I watched the twin towers of the World Trade Center going up in the early 1970s. I recall how, at times, one of the buildings was rising a few floors faster than the other. But once it was all said and done, there they were —...Tags: Empire State Building, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Washington, DC, Local Government, New York City Police Department
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9/11 memorial to use World Trade Center girders
Ten years ago, then-President George W. Bush held up the badge of George Howard, a police officer who died at the World Trade Center, during a session of Congress. The badge, Bush said, was "a reminder of lives that ended, and a task that does not end."...Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Washington, DC, New York City, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, George W. Bush
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Greer's OC: Brews and food on 9/11
The OC Brew Ha Ha is hailed as the best craft beer festival in Orange County, and who am I to argue with that? It's the place for beer enthusiasts to convene Saturday at Hidden Valley Park in Irvine, and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Fallen...Tags: Relentless7 (music group), Point Harbor, Arts and Culture, Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Inc.
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