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Boston health board may stamp out cigar bars By Christine McConville Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - Added 3h ago E-mail Printable (25) Comments Text size Share (3) Rate In the cozy confines of a former speakeasy in Boston’s North End, men and women gather nightly to sip cognac and savor a cigar. But these days, Stanza dei Sigari, the cigar lovers’ respite on Hanover Street, isn’t so relaxed. On Thursday, the Boston Public Health Commission will vote on a tough smoking ban that could put this cigar bar, and others like it, out of business. “I think it’s kind of...

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From the collection of Jorge L. Rodriguez The Country Where Nobody Flies Did Cuba abandon its private pilots or did they abandon Cuba? By Rafael Lima On a barren landing strip in Agramonte, in central Cuba, a swayback horse nosed for scraps in the weeds. Off to one side, the decaying hulk of a Russian tractor—its wheels long gone—stood rooted in place by rust. In the distance, rows of green sugar cane waved in the breeze. On a 10-day journalist visa in 1999, I traveled to what had once been busy grass airfields and paved landing strips all around Cuba....

Tancredo to request al-Qaida nuke briefing Congressman to ask Justice Department for report on 'American Hiroshima' plan Posted: July 13, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a staunch critic of the federal government's lax immigration and border enforcement policies, said yesterday he would request a briefing from the Justice Department on information it has on plans revealed by WND this week for a nuclear attack on the U.S. by al-Qaida terrorists. Rep. Tom Tancredo Tancredo said he was greatly alarmed by the report and would seek whatever information he could get from the...