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Israeli troops pushed deep into Gaza's most populated area yesterday, producing some of the fiercest fighting of the 16-day war against Hamas as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared that Israel is "close" to achieving its goals, but is not there yet. (By Griff Witte, Washington Post)
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For coffee drinkers who need more than caffeine to get them going, Donald Crabtree thinks he's hit on an eye-opening answer in this small town just north of Augusta. (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)

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Long before he was shot, stabbed, dumped into a shallow hole, and set afire last month in Hyannis, Jordan Mendes, an alleged drug dealer at 16 years old, was just a boy, watching police storm into his grandmother's home. (By Keith O'Brien, Globe Staff)

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