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The distance from the city limits of Cairo, Egypt to the city of Richmond is 6,333 miles.While both cities may be far apart geographically, the news of former Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak stepping down after an 18-day governmental protest brings the two cities even closer together.

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Egypt conflict stirs local interest

As a human-an empathy-oriented and rationally-driven being-it is not hard to find myself disgusted with any number of prospects and situations in my life, my city, my country or my world. When struggling with my own confusion in this quickening life, I turn to the words of J.M. Coetzee, who said “all creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.” We are weaned off youthful idealism by the hard hammerings of a fast-paced and trying society and decide true peace is unattainable

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Westboro’s attempt to exploit suffering in Arizona fails

Two years from the 21st day of the month of December, your world is going to end.You heard me its going to end. Ka-boom, blam-oh, buh-bye!Whoa, hold on a minute. Before you take out all your savings and blow it on a wild weekend in the city that never sleeps (because its too hopped up on Cocaine and energy drinks) let me tell you that this is only the prediction of the apocalypse – rather than the absolute certainty of it happening.

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It’s the end of the world, as we know it… and I feel terrified!

Grambling Mayor-elect Edward Jones is closing a chapter of 34 years of teaching to open a new one to help make the city of Grambling a better place. Of the seven candidates in the mayoral race, the citizens of Grambling as well as Grambling State University elected Jones to help bring life back to the city.

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Mayor-elect sets priorities

The lights are dim, yet the walls covered with various autographs and posters are evident upon walking through the door. DJ Carisma is at her mix tables with headphones blasting unaware of all the commotion around her.

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The Sweet Side Of Hip Hop

The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company closed its doors for the last time in 1986, eliminating more than 10,000 jobs. What was once a sprawling, industrial element of the city was reduced to nothing, leaving poverty and despair in its midst.The Jeanette Blast Furnace, which once stood along the Mahoning River and produced 11 million tons of steel in its lifetime, is now left in ruins.

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‘My sweet Jenny I’m sinkin’ down’

Every fall season when the leaves turn to orange and temperature cools, I cringe.

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‘Sexy’ Halloween costumes are anything but sexy

There are very few places in Omaha that inspire nostalgia quite like Rosenblatt Stadium. From home runs in the bottom of the ninth to teams that seem to capture the city to the pandemonium that reigned when Nebraska made trips to the College World Series, for half a century there has never been a dull day in Omaha during mid-June.

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Something special at Rosenblatt

From Sept. 23 to Oct. 2, the City celebrated its blossoming fashion community with a celebration entitled The Philadelphia Collection 2010, which featured over 40 runway shows and fashion-related events

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Fashion takes over Philadelphia

Aug. 6, 1945 is an infamous date it was on that day a U.S. B-29 named the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

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Atomic bomb survivors visit UCM