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On June 6, 2012—the 68th anniversary of D-Day—a statue of Maj. Dick Winters was unveiled in the Normandy village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Winters was the commander of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division after they parachuted into Normandy on June 6, 1944. His heroism and leadership was documented in the Stephen Ambrose book and mini-series "Band of Brothers". A young student named Jordan Brown—who lives just a few miles from Winters' Pennsylvania home—raised $99,000 selling armbands stamped with a phrase Winters used: "Hang Tough." The money was used to help pay for the statue of the late Mr....

Better a late budget than a bad budget. That's the proper attitude we hope state Legislators in Sacramento maintain toward ongoing budget negotiations. Yes, we have criticized the Legislature for not passing a budget by the June 15 constitutional deadline - or even by the July 1 beginning of the 2004-05 fiscal year. But at this late date, we urge Republicans, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, to remember that fellow Republican U.S. Grant promised at the Battle of Spotsylvania to "fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." In the debate over local finance, the main battle line...