Is the iPhone worth the hype?
HARRISON KEELY Sentinel Writer
      Have you ever wanted a phone that could double as a butter churner? Or, better yet, accurately predict the outcome of the 2008 presidential election? After all the average consumer has heard for months now, it seems as if Apple's new iPhone should be able to one-up even those tall orders.
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From the porch
What's in a name?
By Dwight Otwell
      I don't know whether to go to Booger Hollow or Timbukto. Timbukto seems like a long way to go but Booger Hollow doesn't sound very inviting. When people want to express that a place is an incredibly long way off, they put it in the same category as Timbukto. I won't elaborate on Booger Hollow.
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Dixie Divas
Sweet tea, please
By Rhonda Rich
      Plopped down in a restaurant in the supposedly Southern city of Charlotte, North Carolina, the proclamation came as a shock to me. "Sweet tea, please," I said to the waitress taking our order. "We don't have sweet tea," she replied briskly, glancing up from her pad with a defiant look.
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The O'Reilly Factor
The summer of love
By Bill O'Reilly
      Forty years ago, the United States was a much more conservative place than it is today. Even though the civil rights movement had won some tough victories down south, and Vietnam dissension was heating up, most Americans were still tied to the traditional values of their parents.
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SPEAK UP
What has been your most memorable 4th of July?
     Watching fireworks in my Watching fireworks in my hometown with my family. My little brother loved them. He named them "Snigglywags" - Sue LeKites
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