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Uniting through Voice and Song In a time of political change, we celebrate the values that unite us at MIT Join us on Thursday, November 17, Lobby 10, 7pm Dear members of the MIT community, Last week's presidential election is sure to bring about changes, and in times of change it is important that our community remain connected and energized — dedicated to discovery, respect, and kindness, and open to excellence from everywhere in the world. As President Reif has emphasized, change in Washington will not change the values that unite us at MIT. I invite you to join me...

Columbia Police Chief Barry Crotzer talked about the death of a 30-year-old mentally-deficient man for the first time in six days on Wednesday with some details of the events leading to the man’s arrest and death in police custody. Ashley George Benny, 30, affectionately known by his friends as “John,” died after police arrested him

Iraqis entered the Valley illegally Monday, May 01, 2006 Posted: 06:57 PM Three Iraqis slipped into the US over the weekend HARLINGEN – NEWSCHANNEL 5 is tracking information on three Iraqis who slipped into the Valley over the weekend. We’re told the men are each in their early 20s. They were caught near the Los Indios International Bridge near Harlingen on Saturday. FBI agents say the men claim to be Christians who are afraid they will face persecution if they are returned to Iraq. Before they were caught at the border, the men were arrested in Mexico carrying Greek passports....

All of a sudden, the "news" media doesn't deal with the Ten Commandments situation in Montgomery, Alabama anymore. I received one report (from a man who was there) that stated that on 8/31 there were people in Montgomery from all over the United States, England, and other countries as well. The writer put the number at 3,000, "completely filling up two acres of stepped levels before the courthouse, as initian resistance to a federal bench's attempt at censoring any mention of God continues." The same writer noted that "Those media vans which surrounded the whole block of our Alabama Supreme...