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Going South: “Mexico President Vicente Fox was sworn into office [recently.] . . . The peaceful transfer of power was impressive. . . . The next day, Mexican border patrol agents caught hundreds of Americans trying to sneak south for a better life.” (Argus Hamilton)
Safe and Sound: “We’ve made it through hurricane season without a single hurricane hitting the United States. . . . The hot air of the campaign pushed all potential storms out to sea.” (Daily Scoop)
Giving Thanks: “On ‘Access Hollywood,’ they interviewed a woman, a dancer . . . who says she spent time with actor Robert Downey Jr. in his room on Thanksgiving Day. . . . So, Downey was in a hotel room, [allegedly] with a stripper [and drugs]. . . . or, as you call that in Hollywood, an old-fashioned, traditional Thanksgiving.” (Jay Leno)
Changes in Store: “For the first time, the Rev. Peter Stone will conduct services at his St. Philip’s Church in England as the Rev. Carol Stone, after undergoing a sex-change operation. . . . She’s calling her first sermon an overview of her experience, ‘Altered at the Altar.’ ” (Ira Lawson)
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