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Allyson Felix advances in 200 meter preliminaries
Allyson Felix still has work to do to earn her trip to Beijing.
If things keep going the way they did today, it won't be hard work.
Felix coasted to a victory in her 200-meter preliminary heat, leaving her three races away from earning the Olympic...Tags: Athletics, Track and Field
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Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Associated Press WritersFormer Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on...Tags: Diplomacy, Parliament, Government, Elections, Treaties
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Jesse Helms: a polarizer, not a compromiser
Associated Press Writer"Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement. Jesse Helms mostly was a polarizer, not a compromiser. He would rather win...Tags: Mitch McConnell, AIDS, Madeleine Albright, Parliament, Government
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Jesse Helms, 1921-2008
The SwampSen. Jesse Helms high-fives Johnathan Prevette, 6, of Lexington, N.C., during pre-race activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway near Concord, N.C., October 1996. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, file) by Frank James Jesse Helms, a conservative stalwart who for...Tags: Diplomacy, Agricultural Research and Technology, Mitch McConnell, Madeleine Albright, Parliament
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Subway sketchers create an online community
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe F train howls to a stop, and the subway sketcher boards a front car, its windows clouded with white spray paint, its benches filled with characters. Ed Velandria takes a seat, pulling a computer tablet and touch pen from his black backpack. He...Tags: Marilyn Manson, Coolio, Family, Transportation, Subway Transportation
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In racial suit, NASCAR gets unlikely help
Sentinel ColumnistWith the possible exception of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, Sybil Scott is probably the last person you'd expect to come to NASCAR's defense in the wake of a $225 million racial discrimination suit that has shaken the sport like a misaligned front end....Tags: Jesse Jackson, Trials, Buck Baker, Racism, Al Sharpton
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1776 to 2008
The Declaration of Independence, which we honor today, is replete with the internal tensions and contradictions of 18th century America, a paean to equality written by a slaveholder, a proclamation of "unalienable rights" by white, landed men willing to...Tags: Earl Jr Warren, Demographics, George Washington, Punishment, Society
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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEnding a three-day trip to Colombia and Mexico, John McCain praised Mexican drug-fighting efforts Thursday and hailed a U.S. aid package for security forces here as a key step in bilateral relations. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for...Tags: Demographics, Economic Organization, Law Enforcement, Government, Elections
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'Chris & Don: A Love Story'
Special to The TimesThe complexities that attended writer Christopher Isherwood and artist Don Bachardy's early romance aren't hard to grasp. There was the three-decade age difference, Isherwood being 49 when he met the 18-year-old Bachardy on a Santa Monica beach in 1953....Tags: Santa Monica, Michael York, West L.A., Death and Dying, Paul Bowles
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Keeping the door wide open
Chicago Tribune reporterIt would seem only fitting for Rev. Magdalena Garcia, an award-winner for her commitment to multiculturalism and inclusion, to lead what's known as the Church of the Open Door. Garcia said she has no idea how or when Ravenswood Presbyterian Church,...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Demographics, Civil Rights, Culture, National or Ethnic Minorities
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