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Bridging the divide?

Mayoral candidate Henry T. Perea speaks on diversity, division and uniting a community:     Perea is young, clean-cut, and Catholic but has a penchant for mild cursing (I’ve omitted the expletives from the article…sorry). He’s a bit of a walking paradox, no question about it.

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Birth Control Is NOT Abortion

Can you imagine living in a place where birth control is considered an "abortion" and health insurers won’t cover it? Where even rape victims are denied emergency contraception? It seems unbelievable, but the Bush Administration is quietly trying to redefine "abortion" to include birth control. The Houston Chronicle says this could wipe out dozens of

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