The Book of Love and Hate by Lauren Sanders; Akashic Books ©2017; 300 pages; ISBN 9781617-755828. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jennifer is the daughter of a fugitive billionaire, American businessman who is somewhere on the lam in Israel—or is he already dead? Jennifer’s mother abandoned the family years ago, and her brother, […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his televised address on the future of American operations in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump took a sharp turn from his predecessors. I share [the American people’s] frustration over a foreign policy that has spent too much time, energy, money, and most importantly lives, trying to rebuild countries in our
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Maritime Museum of San Diego, home to one of the world’s finest collections of historic vessels, opens its latest exhibit, Rum: Sailors, Pirates and Prohibition, Saturday, November 4 in the Gould Eddy Gallery aboard the steam ferry Berkeley at Star of India Wharf. The fresh new interactive, educational and entertaining
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON — The White House is getting ready to move on a contentious plan to shrink public lands in the West, which could involve the redrawing of borders at several national monuments that are home to unique geological formations, rare archaeological artifacts and pristine landscapes. The blueprint delivered to Trump on Thursday by the Department
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USAPrince George will be heading off to school in September and will be getting the best education “money can buy” from a posh school for well-to-do families in London. According to PEOPLE, the young prince will be attending a $23,000-a-year school which is about four miles south of his Kensington Palace home. The school is
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InternationalWASHINGTON — The White House refused to concede Thursday that President Donald Trump has given up, even temporarily, on a promise to make Mexico pay for a border wall. Yet the tactical retreat seemed apparent as Trump pressured Congress for wall funds, threatening a government shutdown next month if lawmakers don’t deliver — with no
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International, USAThe American Civil Liberties Union backpedaled Wednesday on tweeting a photo of a white baby holding a U.S. flag after users called it racist. The seemingly harmless photo showed a blond-haired toddler in a “Free Speech – ACLU” onesie holding a U.S. flag and what appears to be a colorful toy dog. The tweet read,
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USASEATTLE �� Amazon.com is wasting no time integrating with Whole Foods Market, announcing a raft of changes to the high-end grocer that the company plans to introduce when the $13.7 billion acquisition closes. The deal will be sealed Monday, Amazon said in a statement Thursday, a day after U.S. antitrust regulators approved the acquisition. Amazon
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Travel and FoodESPN decided this week to switch the assignment of Robert Lee, an Asian-American football announcer who was scheduled to call a University of Virginia football game. This was necessary because, well, it’s hard to picture the meeting where the Worldwide Leader in Sports reached this decision. “He has almost the same name as the statue.”
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USAOne of the longest-running musical acts in show business may be over. Chuck E. Cheese’s is phasing out its iconic animatronic band, the larger-than-life ensemble that has performed at the kid-friendly pizza chain for decades, in a bid to become more parent-friendly. An early-phase remodeling of Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurants in San Antonio, Texas, and
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON — The controversy surrounding the bizarre attack against United States and Canadian diplomats in Cuba is expanding rapidly. The U.S. State Department on Thursday said as many as 16 people from the “embassy community” in Havana were affected by the use of some alleged sonic device. Some of them still remain in Cuba. The
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International, USASure, ranks and discipline are important in the military, says the air force’s Sgt. Ilan Regenbaum, but the culture should allow good ideas to circulate freely By Shoshanna Solomon A 26-year old immigrant from the United States and his commander in the Innovation Unit of the Israeli Air Force are undertaking the ambitious mission of
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tends toward restraint in public comments, but his observation that President Donald Trump, as a newcomer to politics, had “excessive expectations” about the legislative process provoked an unexpected war with the White House that shows no signs of easing. Trump, in tweet after scalding tweet, has turned on
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USAAntonio Sabato, Jr., said Thursday that his speech at the Republican National Convention in 2016 blacklisted him from work in Hollywood and prompted his congressional run. “I decided it was time for me to speak out and I was blacklisted from Hollywood. But I love my country a lot more and I’m ready to fight