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News Bits: Small Spaces Edition
- Thousands and thousands and thousands of people are dead in China.
- McCain comes out in favor of carbon caps.
- Teenagers who smoke pot are likely to be depressed later on, gov't says.
- Biggest immigration raid of the year, at a meat packing plant, means hundreds are arrested.
- If Congress is banning flavored cigarettes, why aren't menthols part of the package?
- Could this be true? Man claims Jet Blue made him sit on a toilet for almost an entire x-c flight. (He's just mad about missing out on that little TV screen.)
- Trapped in more than a closet? Preacher's wife one of the first R. Kelly jurors to be selected.
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