Subject of last 'Red State-Blue State' speaks
      Ouch! Getting beaten up by both your "Red" Dave Simpson and "Blue" Greg Bean explains these purple bruises. Although it hurts when I type, I'd like to continue the dialogue we've been having over your Red State-Blue State feature.
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Horseracing industry must ban whips
      Jockey Jeremy Rose was recently suspended from racing for six months after whipping a horse so severely that her eye hemorrhaged. Anyone who watched the Kentucky Derby could see Eight Belles being whipped down the home stretch before she collapsed with two broken ankles.
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Food-allergic kids long to have normal days
      With the impending arrival of school comes numerous rituals: backto school shopping and well-child exams, with perhaps a few vaccinations thrown in, and maybe a last series of family day trips while the weather is still warm.
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