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Week of January 2 - January 4, 2008
Wednesday, January 2
High Times for Drug Patrol
Second Referendum a Possibility in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Serves Up Junior Tennis Tournament
Alajuela and Heredia Buses Back on Paseo Colón
Thursday, January 3
Groundhog Day a la Tica Predicts Rainy February
Grateful Dead and Phish Fans Come Head to Head in Jacó
Red Cross Death Toll Soars in Costa Rica
Banner Year for Costa Rica's Government Finances
Friday, January 4
Volz Family: Nicaraguan Judge Probe ‘Subversive and Illegal'
Agro Exports Continue to Grow
Road Carnage Increased in 2007
U.S. Charity Sends 50,000 to Aid Landmine Survivors in Nicaragua, Colombia
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Week of January 7 - January 11, 2008
Monday, January 7
New Tiny Friends Found In Costa Rica's La Amistad Park
Immigration Police Send 1,700 Nicaraguan Migrants Packing
Costa Rican Soccer Team Girded for Uphill Road to World Cup
Ticos Back to Work
Tuesday, January 8
U.S. Attorney Charges 12 In Costa Rica-based Online Gambling Operation
Mexico 's Molotov to Set it Off in Costa Rica
Prominent Nicaraguan Newspaperman Dies
Isla del Coco Nominated to be New Natural Wonder
Wednesday, January 9
Inflation Up 10.81% for the Year in Costa Rica
5,000 Nicaraguans Flood Costa Rican Consulates Daily
Security Guard Shot Dead in Escazú
Tico Forward Fonseca to Strike Again For Guatemala's Comunicaciones Team
Thursday, January 10
World Bank to Loan Costa Rica $72.5 for Limón Overhaul
$60,700 Worth in Jewels Stolen from San José Shop
Nicaragua's National Assembly Opens Sessions Amid Political Crisis
This Weekend's Surf Circuit Switches to Playa Hermosa
Friday, January 11
Central Bank to Introduce 200 Córdoba Bill in Nicaragua
Costa Rica-Sweden Friendly is Wanchope's Adiós
Cornell's Wind Ensemble Returns
Poll: 54.6% of Nicaraguans Disapprove of Ortega
Flotsam, Jetsam Theme of Montezuma Art Festival
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Week of January 14 - January 18, 2008
Monday, January 14
Costa Rican Electricity Institute Says No Power Outages This Year
Police Chief Withdraws Resignation After Gov't Agrees Bigger Budget
Costa Rica's Soccer Team Loses 0-1 to Sweden
Spanish-Speakers Get New Online Tool to Help Solve Queries
Tuesday, January 15
Worldwide oil woes spark gas hike request
National Parks boost entrance fees
Rats, famine and illness plague indigenous communities in Nicaragua
First big bust of the year yields 100 kilos of cocaine
Wednesday, January 16
New high-speed service available to businesses in Costa Rica
Third CAFTA bill gets initial green light
Nicaragua's U.S. ambassador to leave his post in July
Uribe opens new home on the range for tourists
Thursday, January 17
Tamarindo drowning underscores beach danger
Chávez to Nicaragua: Bolivarian alternative will set you free
Honduran president sets off Palmares parade, hoof by hoof
New tech and service firms touched down in 2007
Friday, January 18
Costa Rica's San José-Caldera highway en route
Nicaraguan coffee exports percolate in first two months of harvest
Pacific cruising launches to a good start
Private bank debt will be paid, says Nicaraguan Central Bank pres
San José's ‘smart' stoplights to wise up, says Public Works Ministry
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Week of January 21 - January 25, 2008
Monday, January 21
German to swim length of Costa Rica 's Pacific coast
Cops strike down on crime town
Endangered birds stolen from Nicaraguan zoo
San José could have its own 'Barrio Chino'
Tuesday, January 22
Costa Rica's president says free Willy
Tico fugitive ex-policeman caught in Newark and sent home
Amodeo Gallery showcases work of a math-minded painter
Foreign aid for Costa Rica drying up, says Planning Ministry
Wednesday, January 23
Export Growth Slows to 14%
Shaman killed allegedly for casting spell on indigenous community
Saprissa gets friendly in Uruguay's Copa Ricard soccer tournament
Coffee producers select their finest for auction
Thursday, January 24
Ex-pat Dems to vote in online primaries
In the wake of drowning, Tamarindo residents take action
Costa Rica green-listed among top 10
San José's ‘smart stoplights' dumbed down by thieves
Friday, January 25
Palmares cranks it up a final notch
Forest fires wreak havoc in 2007
English teachers wrap up conference
Deepak Chopra to visit Costa Rica for Human Forum
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Week of January 28 - February 1, 2008
Monday, January 28
Maradona's ‘Showbol' a no-show in Costa Rica
Nicaragua to probe Costa Rican farming practices over San Juan River dispute
Remains of pre-Columbian settlement found in Nicaragua
More Tico lovers prefer moving in over marrying
Tuesday, January 29
Roble says ‘butts out' at its Costa Rican malls
New exhibit treats urban space with a capital ‘U'
U.S. citizen wanted for fraud arrested in Escazú
Nicaraguan drug bust yields more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine
Wednesday, January 30
Costa Rica's unemployment rate dips to 4.8%
Costa Rica to push back the clock on U.S. trade accord
‘Sleepyhead' prostitutes scam unsuspecting johns
San José's La Sabana Park to lose non-native trees
Former education minister nabs top culture prize
Thursday, January 31
Costa Rica's Hotel Allegro Papagayo ordered shut down for sewage problems
Chávez's ‘Army of ALBA' blasted as crazy by Nicaraguan opposition
Gallup: Costa Rican prez's approval rating maxes 64%
Costa Rica, Iran tie 0-0 in frozen friendly
Friday, February 1
Dengue fever fight continues
Fishers busted with tuna off Costa Rica 's Isla del Coco
Gov. to issue higher denomination bills
Thousands expected at Jacó's reggaetón romp
National surf contest moves to Tamarindo
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Week of February 4 - February 8, 2008
Monday, February 4
Costa Rica joins in worldwide call for FARC's farewell to arms
Curtain call for arts grants with a social slant
High-reaching land scandal unfolds in Nicaragua
Over 100 Nicaraguans found crammed into two dwellings
Tuesday, February 5
Formerly conjoined twins return to Costa Rica
Government resolved in decision to close Papagayo hotel
Costa Rica's January inflation lower than past years
Another win for surfer Gilbert Brown at Tamarindo
Wednesday, February 6
U.S. ex-pats in Costa Rica make history in first global primary
After slamming U.S. drug agency, Ortega seeks U.S. help in drug war
Costa Rica establishes diplomatic relations with Palestinian ‘state'
Police warn foreigners to keep passports on them
Thursday, February 7
Obama favorite among Costa Rica's Democrats Abroad
Super Bowl's losing Patriots find fans in poor Nicaraguan homes
ICE testing out international text messaging
OIJ jumps on elaborate $200,000 property fraud scheme
Repsol gas station employees caught stealing
Friday, February 8
Footage shows violence by Costa Rican police
Costa Rica's soccer coach on hot seat for national team's no-win situation
Drug Control Police fed up with courts
Nicaragua festival to fill Granada's streets with prose
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Week of February 11 - February 15, 2008
Monday, February 11
Duran Duran, Incubus confirm first-ever dates in Costa Rica
Pope: Costa Rica should 'revitalize deep Christian roots,' beware of factions
Centrist candidate wins Liberation election
Back to school in Costa Rica
Facebook launches Spanish-language version of site
Tuesday, February 12
Costa Rica's first heart-lung transplant patient dies
National Oil Refinery requests cut in fuel prices
Limón police sweep nets firearms, drugs
Costa Rican production 'El Camino' premières at Berlin's film fest
Sex Ed. class with laughs by theater group Abya Yala
Wednesday, February 13
FBI-wanted ‘animal rights extremist' Believed to be in Costa Rica
Nicaragua rattles saber over Colombian border
Young Central American directors show shorts in Costa Rica
Costa Rican gov't condemns Gaza rocket attacks
Thursday, February 14
Costa Rican legislators pass telecom bill
Bush to tap Maine's Cianchette as ambassador to Costa Rica
Costa Rica's Grand Papagayo hotel under microscope
Dot-CR domains coming soon
Trinidad & Tobago companies to descend on Costa Rica
Friday, February 15
Costa Rican business owners stay optimistic
U.S. low-cost carrier to fly Costa Rican skies
Court rules against women's waiting period after divorce
Patriots ‘Champions' apparel trash for
U.S., a treasure for hundreds of Nicaraguans
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Week of February 18 - February 22, 2008
Monday, February 18
Panamanian gov't passes health & safety bylaw for builders amid protest
Voting 101 at U.S. Embassy
Attorney General weighs in on CAFTA deadlines
Costa Rica high-fives newly independent Kosovo
Tuesday, February 19
South Koreans want in on Costa Rican bio-rush
Tourism in Costa Rica remains strong despite U.S. economic downturn
Projects to rebuild Costa Rica's roads, homes underway
Delta flies nonstop JFK to Costa Rica's San José, Liberia airports
Study: Spanish could become next lingua franca
Wednesday, February 20
Costa Rica on Castro
Costa Ricans could see a ‘coppery' lunar eclipse – weather permitting
Battle ensues over sale of seized tuna
Costa Rica ready to negotiate with EU
Thursday, February 21
7th CAFTA bill gets green light
Nicaraguan prez says Castro 'still the leader' but Chávez influence overshadows
Costa Rica's health officials seek cure for malnutrition, starvation among nation's youngest
Report shows inequalities in Costa Rica
Friday, February 22
Obama wins expat Democrat vote
Proctor & Gamble expands workforce
Author of 'The Ticos' dies at 88
U.N. says watch your (mother) tongue
Panama-Costa Rica free trade is on
Tica to tackle highest peak
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Week of February 25 - February 29, 2008
Monday, February 25
Costa Rica's Jade Museum to get new home
Judge orders bond for Matteo Quintavalle
Raúl Castro new leader of Cuba
Smashing Pumpkins confirmed for Festival Imperial
Seven Kilos of cocaine seized on bus at Costa Rica-Panama border
Tuesday, February 26
Jacó tourist police chief accused of stealing from tourists
Costa Rican electronics retailer buys competitor
Costa Rica's youth struggle with age-old problems
Avianca to add direct flights between Costa Rica and Colombia
Wednesday, February 27
Israel postpones meeting with Costa Rican Prez to protest Palestine recognition
Interpol arrests 'America's Most Wanted' suspect in Costa Rica
President Torrijos: Panama-Guatemala free trade a ‘historic step'
Costa Rican artisans craft unity to strengthen their trade
Thursday, February 28
Iron Maiden takes Ticos 'Somewhere Back in Time'
Costa Rica gets seven more months to comply with CAFTA
U.S. trade rep: CAFTA is common ground
Cid-Gallup: Nicaraguans' confidence in Ortega plunges
Chilean WWII plane found in Costa Rican mountains
Friday, February 29
Cuba's comandante of 'nueva trova' sings in Nicaragua
FARC takes aim at Panama
Emergency landing at San José airport
Cell phone lines down Saturday night for testing
Turrialba Volcano passing gases
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Week of March 3 - March 7, 2008
Monday, March 3
Chavez beats war drum; Ortega condemns Colombia after the killing of FARC chief
Crowd cheers at Sosa's powerhouse vocals, jeers at Costa Rican president
Nicaraguan legislators debate exotic species ban
U.S. Commerce Dept: new deadline Costa Rica 's 'last chance' for CAFTA
Tuesday, March 4
Costa Rica urges feuding neighbors to take a deep breath
Violence, accidents claim 100 people in February
Osa conservation campaign coming up short
Enrique Iglesias confirmed to appear at Costa Rica's Festival Imperial
Wednesday, March 5
Ticos say Gringo took their money and ran
Tamarindo wants lifeguards before Easter
Canadian colleges seek Costa Rican minds
Costa Rican police arrest 14 in baby trafficking
Thursday, March 6
Costa Rica's 'green' season to clock in early
Students attack police after raid on pizza vendors
Costa Rica consul in Nicaragua accused of smuggling foreigners
Nicaraguan leader's 'potentially nefarious' allies attract U.S. lawmaker's attention
Friday, March 7
Nicaragua breaks ties with Colombia
15 artists explore women's world at Costa Rica's National Museum
Alleged Costa Rican baby traffickers released
Costa Rica's inflation continues to soar
Violence claims more than one Panamanian per day in '07
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Week of March 10 - March 14, 2008
Monday, March 10
Scientists spot previously unseen volcano in Costa Rica
Costa Rica, United States settle online gambling dispute
Lineup for Festival Imperial finalized with Seal, Café Tacuba
Anti-uranium campaigner: 'We're happy Costa Rica is on board'
Tuesday, March 11
Nicaragua's Sandinistas tap ex-boxing
champ as strongman in Managua mayor race
Infant mortality rises in Costa Rica
New hospitals to open in Costa Rica's Central Valley, Osa
Teachers, dock workers and telecom employees protest in Costa Rica
Wednesday, March 12
Deepak Chopra: Costa Rica is 'a model' for human development
Iran to loan Nicaragua $230 million for power projects
Panama's human rights: Good, but needs improvement, says U.S.
Escazú venue gets the show on the road
Thursday, March 13
Quintavalle ordered to pay bond
Panamanian rock star Cienfue makes Costa Rica concert debut
World Economic Forum honors rector of Costa Rican biz school
Nicaraguan expats send record remittance money home in 2007
Friday, March 14
Costa Rica gets mixed grades in U.S. human rights report
Costa Rican president moves slowly on big goals
Who's 'gone fishing' during Costa Rica's Easter break?
Costa Rica-Nicaragua commission takes on ecotourism
Puntarenas doctor dies in drunken-driving accident
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Week of March 24 - March 28, 2008
Monday, March 24
Costa Rica seizes FARC money from Heredia couple
Costa Rica phone numbers grow to eight digits
Fatalities up during Easter holiday week
April means arts in Costa Rica
Tuesday, March 25
Light cold snap due in Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Costa Rica undefeated in regional surf tournament
Easter week death tally down from '07
Nicaragua's Central Bank chief returns to Washington
Wednesday, March 26
Berrocal: No list of Costa Rican politicos linked to FARC
Foreign drug 'mules' busted in Costa Rica
Costa Rican president's popularity reaches new high
Saprissa to face Houston Dynamo in big soccer cup semis
Thursday, March 27
8 Costa Rican beaches lose Blue Flag
Monteverde fest strikes a chord with program of rock, world music made in Costa Rica
Hall of Fame slugger Rod Carew to slide into Nicaragua
New environmental prosecutor's office in Osa
New shipment of Venezuelan crude reaches Nicaraguan port
Friday, March 28
Tire-spike tourist thief could be back
Olympics Committee head fired, refuses to leave
Costa Rica's soccer team loses 3-1 to Peru, Saprissa fined $15,000 for fans' misconduct
Allegro Papagayo Hotel allowed to re-open halfway
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Week of March 31 - April 4, 2008
Monday, March 31
Security chief resigns with 'clean conscience' amid FARC flap
Four U.S. passports stolen a day in Costa Rica
Tico group puts olé in Monteverde
Nicaragua's U.S. exports up 35.5% with CAFTA
Tuesday, April 1
Rodrigo Arias says FARC not tied to Costa Rican politicians
Journalism group slams state of press freedom in Latin America
As teachers strike, students protest school turned 'battle field'
3 Nicaraguan radio stations fall victim to cable theft
Wednesday, April 2
Colombia confirms no Costa Ricans linked to FARC
Jacó bar manager deported to United States for second time
Ex-striker Wanchope to manage Heredia's soccer team
Tibet sympathizers protest near Chinese Embassy in Costa Rica
Canadian awaits deportation from Costa Rica
Bad weather puts dent in cantaloupe harvest
Thursday, April 3
Unusual bond payment in Costa Rican property fraud case
Costa Rica's March inflation slower, at 0.39%
Colombia's top prosecutor wants Costa Rican couple tried on Tico turf
U.S. gov't rep in Costa Rica talks trade, security
Friday, April 4
Woman lawmaker to be Costa Rica's public security minister
Forest fires claim more than 2,000 acres of Costa Rican wilderness
U.S. funds new Coast Guard base in Costa Rica
Costa Rican soccer team ties in Texas, looks to win at home
Taiwan offers scholarships to LatAm college students
Costa Rica's media watchdog gets some bones
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Week of April 7 - April 11, 2008
Monday, April 7
Tibet schism forces climber to change course in Everest ascent
Canadians trump Ticas 2-0 in women's soccer
Costa Rica sees unseasonable downpours
Costa Rican gov't bans Burger King commercial for violence
Tuesday, April 8
Conflict still simmering in Nicaragua's N.E. Caribbean region
U.S. or E.U.? Tico politicos split over best foreign investor
Chinese team drafts Costa Rican stadium plans
Big soccer game tickets sell out
Performing arts in Santa Ana's street, free
Wednesday, April 9
Big jolt in store for electricity users
Contra-era bombing survivor implicates Sandinistas
Salvadoran prez visits Costa Rica
Panamanian photographer killed on 'barrio' assignment
Tourists' tire-slashing bandits busted in Guanacaste
Thursday, April 10
Police note drop in crime against tourists
Tourism up despite concerns about U.S. woes
DNA testing confirms Tico blood well-mixed
Costa Rican Coast Guard rescues 4 shipwreck survivors
Nicaragua awards exploration contracts to U.S. energy firm
U.S. beats Ticas in women's soccer
Friday, April 11
Houston Dynamo no match for Costa Rica's Saprissa
This weekend: Rice, beans and everything between
National hero celebrated April 14
Gov't decides to limit casinos
Rob Schneider's next film to feature Costa Rican indigenous
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Week of April 15 - April 18, 2008
Tuesday, April 15
Costa Rica closes 3 hotels for environmental damage
Drifting Flamingo Marina project finally anchors at a developer
Isla del Coco among top five natural wonders
Nicaraguan gov't to get stake in Spanish power co.
Wednesday, April 16
Costa Rica expats from U.S. will not go to Democratic convention
Nicaraguan exports outweigh remittances, says economist
First quarter ends with $79m surplus
Panama mayor: 'I will be president'
Thursday, April 17
Ticos size up neophyte security chief
Google clicks on Costa Rica for regional office
Osa Peninsula marks Earth Day
U.S. aids Nicaragua's elementary schools
Friday, April 18
Google denies plans for Costa Rica office
Judges blowing whistle on building permits
Recycling effort launched i n Puntarenas
New bus routes to loop round San José
Forest fires charring large swath of Costa Rica park
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Week of April 21 - April 25, 2008
Monday, April 21
Festival Imperial rocks La Guácima
Buses, taxis up fares
Film 'El Camino' paves way to Costa Rica Cannes debut
Ortega to host emergency food crisis summit
Tuesday, April 22
Earth Day brings experts to talk climate in Nicaragua ahead of nasty season
Festival Imperial closes in style
Costa Rica's FIA draws 1 million people 'nearer to the arts'
Santa Rosa blaze extinguished after razing thousands of acres
Wednesday, April 23
Costa Rica's Guanacaste still tops with N. Americans
Exports up 7.6% but not everyone happy
Costa Rica denies asylum to Uribe's cousin
Saprissa set for crunch game
San José pays tribute to Mother Earth
Thursday, April 24
Uribe's cousin surrenders after Costa Rica refuses asylum
Nicaragua's state water firm freezes Unión Fenosa assets
China's plans for stadium fall short of Costa Rica's expectations
Chang hopes public offering will launch his rocket fuel company
Friday, April 25
Latin American nations girding for food crisis
Talks bring end to teachers' strike
Costa Rica's Saprissa still on line in CONCACAF final
Costa Rica broadens pensions for poor program
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Week of April 28 - May 2, 2008
Monday, April 28
U.S. detention of top Costa Rica
prosecutor ruffles diplomatic feathers
Costa Rican gov't: No rice shortage here
Costa Rica gets its first Lutheran bishop
Remains may be 19th century
Nicaraguan fighters against U.S. mercenaries
Tuesday, April 29
Panama stomps out smoking in clubs, pubs and restaurants
Nicaragua factory rolls cigar of the year
Costa Rica to get more working fire hydrants
Costa Rica's telecom and insurance markets
ripe for picking by Mexico, Chile and Canada
Wednesday, April 30
New Costa Rica police force to hit inner-city beat
Costa Rica bill proposes to remove energy caps
TT to include Sudoku starting Friday
Electric train proponents think it can
Thursday, May 1
Happy May Day!
Fishing ban goes into effect for Gulf of Nicoya
Maine man confirmed as Costa Rica ambassador
Costa Rica to stimulate local food production
Costa Rica urban electric train plan derailed
Gringo fugitive caught in Costa Rica
Friday, May 2
Costa Rica legislators start year 3
Haymarket homage in San José May Day march
Constitutional Court ruling reinforces freedom of the press
Mexico's Pachuca knocks Costa Rica's
Saprissa off road to World Cup
New Costa Rica police hotline for tips
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Week of May 5 - May 9, 2008
Monday, May 5
'Flying Carpetbagger' Vesco reported dead in Cuba
Costa Rica security chief defends dealings with mob associate
Nicaragua baptism turns fatal
Fewer migrants sending dollars back to Latin America , study says
Tuesday, May 6
Nicaragua taxis, buses try putting brakes on gas prices
Central Bank finding a happy money medium
Costa Rica's Tamarindo lifeguard program back afloat
Spain's Unión Fenosa opts out of Nicaragua deal
Wednesday, May 7
Nicaragua summit tackles food problem
Houston group poised to land San José airport deal
Wanted by U.S. justice, Panama's
house speaker opts out of re-election
San José rights court calls in Venezuela for media attacks case
Thursday, May 8
Region unites in food summit but Costa Rica bags on ALBA accord
Fatalities down in first trimester on Costa Rica's roads
Pineapple pollution prickles Guácimo locals
Costa Rica free-trade zone focuses on service industry
Friday, May 9
Costa Rica's Hyatt Regency among hotels probed for environmental violations
Costa Rica to spend $88.4 million to fight food crisis
Outspoken talk radio host's brother slain
América Móvil gets iPhone deal for Latin America
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Week of May 12 - May 16, 2008
Monday, May 12
Georgia's white men can jump
Prices to go up at the gas pump
Nicaragua opposition spotlights Ortega amid blackouts
Macaws reproduce in the wild in southern Pacific Costa Rica
Tuesday, May 13
Wednesday, May 14
Thursday, May 15
Friday, May 16
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Week of May 19 - May 23, 2008
Monday, May 19
Tuesday, May 20
Wednesday, May 21
Thursday, May 22
Friday, May 23
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Week of May 26 - May 30, 2008
Monday, May 26
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Wednesday, May 28
Thursday, May 29
Friday, May 30
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Week of June 2 - June 6, 2008
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