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Come to Romney Country

Related to the presidential candidate by blood and religion; each traveling separate roads. On a sultry day in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in July 184
PUBLISHED: Oct. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1019 words)
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The inside story of how marijuana became legal in Colorado

Betty Aldworth, the spokeswoman for the pro-Amendment 64 campaign, gets a hug after the initiative’s passage on Election Night. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post) The morning after this…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 28, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1134 words)

What's Wrong with Balboa Park?

If the Pacific Ocean is San Diego’s swimming pool, Balboa Park is our backyard. When we want to get out of the house, Balboa Park is where we go, 11 million times per year. And we don’t…
PUBLISHED: July 30, 2008
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1001 words)
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Come to Romney Country

Related to the presidential candidate by blood and religion; each traveling separate roads. On a sultry day in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in July 184
PUBLISHED: Oct. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1019 words)
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The Narco Tunnels of Nogales

If everyone had kept quiet, it could have been the most valuable parking spot on earth. Convenient only to the careworn clothing stores clustered in the southern end of downtown Nogales, Ariz., it…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4134 words)

The Worst Marriage in Georgetown

Dinners were served in the basement. Ambassadors, generals with many stars, senior White House officials and closely read columnists — all would walk past the yellowing kitchen, which looked as if it…
PUBLISHED: July 6, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (800 words)

Nathan Fletcher’s Untold Stories

It is June 2011, and Nathan Fletcher, a 34-year-old California assemblyman and candidate for mayor of San Diego, is speaking at his campaign kickoff. “Let me tell you how I got here,”…
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1525 words)

Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World

Craig Venter. In the menagerie of Craig Venter’s imagination, tiny bugs will save the world. They will be custom bugs, designer bugs — bugs that only Venter can create. He will mix them up in his…
PUBLISHED: May 30, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (769 words)

Nathan Fletcher’s Untold Stories

It is June 2011, and Nathan Fletcher, a 34-year-old California assemblyman and candidate for mayor of San Diego, is speaking at his campaign kickoff. “Let me tell you how I got here,”…
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1525 words)
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