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War Is in the Cards

NEW YORK – Soon, kids in schoolyards across the country will be trading cards with each other – but the heroes pictured won’t be Derek Jeter or Randy Johnson. Instead, images of diplomatic honchos and the 82nd Airborne will be on the collectibles. Topps, the New York-based baseball-card company, has …

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Mick Jagger, Party Animal

Mich Jagger| Robin Williams| The Royal Tenenbaums Mick Jagger, Party Animal People are still wondering why Mick Jaggerturned up at a trendy downtown loft party one week ago in Soho. Jagger made quite a grand entrance at this annual Christmas event. He was accompanied by theenigmatic Italian photographer Jean Pigozzi, …

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Bush to Needy College Kids: Just Say 'No'

SEATTLE – When it comes to getting government money for college, students who want Uncle Sam to say yes better “just say no.” The Bush administration is enforcing a 1998 law, often ignored by the Clinton Education Department, which bars students with drug convictions from receiving federal financial aid for …

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