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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham began his meeting with the Charleston Tea Party by asking members of the news media to leave. Graham reiterated Thursday morning in an interview on WTMA-AM that he wanted the meeting closed to the media because some Tea Party members might not have felt as comfortable participating. "Some people don't want to be on the front page of the newspaper or on TV asking a question or giving me a piece of their mind," he said. Charleston Tea Party chairman Mike Murphree said his group and Graham's staff agreed on the meeting format, but the idea...

By TIM MCGLONE, The Virginian-Pilot © August 5, 2005 Last updated: 11:01 PM NORFOLK — A federal judge Thursday ordered a Central American man jailed on charges of producing phony immigration documents after learning that he had been convicted of manslaughter 15 years ago but had never been deported.Margarito Diaz is one of two men charged in an investigation of mass-produced phony identifications used by illegal immigrants to remain in the country and obtain employment.Federal authorities arrested Diaz this week after executing a search warrant at his residence in Accomac in Accomack County . Another suspect, Perfecto Perez, was arrested...