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June 16, 2001

Lucy Morgan
Queens of wit offer royal peals of laughter
If you are looking for something totally frivolous and funny to read this summer, turn to The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love, or the sequel, God Save the Sweet Potato Queens.

Gov. Bush lops off $290-million
Car seats:
Bush vetoes a bill to keep kids up to 8 in them. He says it would have been a burden.
John McKay: Some $25-million worth of vetoed projects was headed to the counties the Senate president represents.

Governor appoints 'good mix' of FAMU trustees
Most of the 12 are black, but fewer than half have a connection to the historically black school.

Prison workers want law delayed
Some employees fear the reform will be used to retaliate against those suing on grounds of racial discrimination.

Man to be freed after 22 years
A judge orders the release of a retarded inmate in the face of DNA evidence and doubts.

Reno defends her actions in Elian case
The former attorney general walks into the lion's den -- a Miami Spanish radio show -- and defends her decision to seize the Cuban boy from relatives.


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