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Redefining 'black'
ALTHOUGH NOT quite able to pass for white, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has been able to pass for African American. He is biracial, but not white; black, but not African American; American but not African. What has entranced the country more than his...Tags: Racism, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, History
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Hurricane Ike batters Cuba for a second day
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMIAMI -- Hurricane Ike tore into western Cuba today, dumping up to 20 inches of rain on already ravaged tobacco and sugar cane crops after its destructive romp across the length of the island that left four dead and forced the evacuation of 1.3 million....Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Navy, Hospitals and Clinics, Havana (Cuba), Entertainment
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Meeting the neighbors
When President Obama attends the Summit of the Americas next week, he will encounter a wellspring of goodwill in Latin America toward the young leader who reminds so many there of their favorite American president, John F. Kennedy. And yet he will...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Barack Obama, Trade Dispute, John F. Kennedy, Mexico
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It came from outer space
Second in a series of occasional Web Scout mysteries, in which we investigate some of the questions haunting the Web entertainment world. In this installment, we get to the bottom of the UFO videos currently raging on YouTube.
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THOUGH the island in...Tags: Science and Technology, Entertainment, Space Programs, J.J. Abrams, Dominican Republic
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Slide show on Latino-Caribbean culture to be shown in Pasadena
AMERICAS Slide show Hal Robert Myers will present "22 Degrees Below," a photographic tour of Latino-Caribbean culture around the 22nd parallel, extending from Oaxaca, Mexico, through Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica. When, where: 7:30 p.m. Monday at...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Endangered Species, Conservation, Wildlife, Natural Resources
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Islands create lures for the passport-weary
Special to The TimesSoft sand beaches and brilliant hibiscus still hold the same allure they've always had, but this year there's been a little cloud between U.S. travelers and paradise. New regulations that went into effect in January made passports mandatory for air...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Business Trips, Children, Interior Policy, Dominican Republic
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Keep storms from spoiling your trip
Special to The TimesNobody likes to be wrong. Nobody, that is, expect perhaps someone whose job it is to predict disaster. Still, it's hard to imagine the Champagne corks flying at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or at Colorado State University, which...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Natural Disasters, Education, American International Group, Tropical Storms
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Wesley L. McDonald dies at 84; 4-star Navy admiral led 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada
Wesley L. McDonald, a four-star Navy admiral who commanded the 1983 invasion of Grenada for the U.S. military and who as a pilot led the first airstrike against North Vietnam in 1964 after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, died Feb. 8 at his home in Arlington,...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, International Military Interventions, Grenada, Annapolis, Central Intelligence Agency
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'The Book of Night Women' by Marlon James
The Book of Night Women
A Novel
Marlon James
Riverhead: 418 pp., $26.95
"People say that Montpelier Estate was so huge that you could tell you're there as soon as the wind start blowing to the east," declares the narrator of Marlon James' second...Tags: Children, Murder, Jamaica, History, Social Issues
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Hurricane Ike shreds central Cuba, heads for Havana
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHurricane Ike ripped through central Cuba on Monday, toppling colonial landmarks and forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people -- with more likely to be displaced as the powerful storm plowed toward populous Havana. Revolutionary leader Fidel...Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Navy, Havana (Cuba), Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment
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Gasoline prices hit harder outside the U.S.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHonked off by Los Angeles pump prices? Cheer up. You could be commuting in Oslo, where gasoline costs $9.85 a gallon and filling up a Mini Cooper would set you back $130. That's the priciest petrol on a list of world gas prices released Wednesday by...Tags: Science and Technology, Mogadishu (Somalia), Oslo (Norway), Spain, Japan
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Hurricane Ike roars across Cuba
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMIAMI -- Hurricane Ike churned through central Cuba today with 100 mph winds, whipping up a five-story storm surge that crashed over seaside towns and villages and toppled utility poles and dilapidated buildings. Images broadcast by Cuban state...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hospitals and Clinics, Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Gulf of Mexico, Disasters
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