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A Pennsylvania man was caught at an airport trying to sneak a bomb onto a flight to Florida inside his luggage this week, officials said. Mark Muffley, 40, was due to board an Orlando-bound Allegiant Air flight at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania on Monday, when the explosive device was found in his checked bag, WPVI-TV reported Wednesday. The small device set off an alarm as it was being screened by the TSA, according to the complaint against Muffley. When agents then searched the bag, they found inside the lining a device that was about 3 inches in diameter....

Two years ago, the Dixie Chicks were one of the most popular groups in the country. In February 2003, the Texas group had taken home some Grammy awards and were on “top of the world,” to quote one of their popular songs. That all changed the following month just days before the invasion of Iraq. That was when the Dixie Chicks’ lead singer Natalie Maines told an audience in London, England that they were not happy with President George W. Bush, saying, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” Printed in the...

Toogood Reports [Weekender, January 26, 2003; 12:01 a.m. EST]URL: http://ToogoodReports.com/ As neoconservatives have constantly reminded us in the affirmative action debate, Martin Luther King Jr. argued for people to be judged based on the content of their character, rather than the color of their skin. Hence, they say, 'Martin would have opposed affirmative action; you do the same.' Enter journalist Leonard Greene. Writing on January 20, when Martin Luther King Day was celebrated this year, in "Listen to His Whole Message," Greene argued that King actually supported affirmative action. Now, I knew that King supported affirmative action by the time...