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BROWNING, Mont. 鈥?Lea Whitford remembers the first time she set foot in Montana Capitol in Helena after a four-hour bus ride from the Blackfee
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JERUSALEM 鈥?A cease-fire deal appeared to take hold between Israel and Gazas Hamas rulers on Sunday, with Israel e
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