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Obama, Garcia linked in 2008
Dave McNeely
      PORT ARANSAS - Few will be rooting harder for Barack Obama to have long coattails in Texas this fall than his Harvard buddy Juan Garcia. Since the two Democrats graduated from Harvard Law School in the early 1990s, Garcia, 42, is seeking re-election to a second twoyear term in the Texas House o...
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But first, our top story today
Steve Martaindale
      While at work, I keep certain searches running of incoming Associated Press stories. When a new story causes a hit on one of those searches, an icon flashes on my computer screen. One search is for any "urgent" bulletins from the AP.
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Excerpts from letters that didn't make it
Mary Henkel Judson
      Excerpts from letters to the editor: "Naked hips" on the beach. Bathing suits described as "triangles of cloth," and "Disgusting!!" Over the years we've received hundreds of unsigned letters to the editor - and it's a cryin' shame.
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Letters to the Editor
      Priorities off Well, I received my first parking ticket ever, and it was for illegally parking on the beach in the 260-foot section at the end of Sandcastle Drive. It was on a very crowded weekend. I parked there for about 30 minutes toward the end of the posted area while picking up my granddau...
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