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Preparations Begin for Roberts' Swearing In

WASHINGTON – It will not take long for John Roberts to become chief justice following the Senate vote on his nomination. The White House was making plans for a swearing in ceremony in the East Room on Thursday, attended by President Bush. A separate event would be held at the …

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Gold Star Mothers Accepts Non-Citizen

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – A Jamaica (search)-born woman whose U.S. Marine son died fighting in Iraq has finally been welcomed into the American Gold Star Mothers (search), which had banned non-citizens for the first 77 years of its existence. Within an hour she was enthralling fellow members with a moving description …

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Hitting the Wall on Textbooks

Dear Friends — It’s no secret that college tuition has been rising faster than the rate of inflation for at least the past twenty years. It turns out, a less obvious component of college costs has also been climbing: the price of textbooks. Congress is so concerned about this it …

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