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On a sunny day at the Oasis Diner in Plainfield, Indiana, roughly 20 miles west of Indianapolis, Ted Cruz breezed through a 1950s-era diner with a gleaming steel facade. One of the last diners of its kind, the Oasis sits along the Historic National Road, the iconic highway traversing the state that fancies itself the Crossroads of America. Here, four days before he named Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential pick, Cruz met a crowd of a few hundred supporters. He mugged for photos, noshed on a fried pickle offered to him by a customer, then shot straight behind the...

Passengers claimed man had suspicious package in the overhead compartmentA Florida professor was arrested and removed from a plane Monday after his fellow passengers alerted crew members they thought he had a suspicious package in the overhead compartment. That "suspicious package" turned out to be keys, a bagel with cream cheese and a hat. Ognjen Milatovic, 35, was flying from Boston to Washington D.C. on US Airways when he was escorted off the plane for disorderly conduct following the incident. Monday's incident is another example of other passengers essentially becoming the authority on terrorist activity on planes. Recently, passenger complaints...

Jewish World "Israeli Snack Day" Announced 15:59 Oct 28, '03 / 2 Cheshvan 5764 The children's wing of an organization called ACHI - American Consumers Helping Israel - has initiated an interesting new program to help Israel's economy. Participating Jewish schools in the U.S. will institute a weekly Israel Snack Day, on which all students will have a snack produced and imported from Israel. The program has three goals, say its organizers: helping Israel's economy by increasing consumption of Israeli goods; teaching young students the importance of helping their brothers and sisters in Israel; and promoting a sense of unity...