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Henican: The news doesn't take a holiday

Quick ReadThe news must be getting awfully tired. It never goes to sleep anymore.

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The news must be getting awfully tired. It never goes to sleep anymore.

The endless drama over health care. The botched terror attack over Michigan. The daily life-or-death tug-of-war over Barack Obama.

Party change in Nassau. Agent slaughter in Afghanistan. Plus all the usual hostility, destruction and celebrity. How much longer 'til Tiger roars again?

You'd better not even blink.

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