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Childhood stories drive “Growing Up Gonzales”

The play begins with a slide show of tongue-in-cheek slang: “Bochinche: Gossip. Always true.” “Bodega: Where Spanish people without cars shop.” “Merengue: Dry humping for adults. Thank you, Dominican Republic!”

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Optimism growing on deal to avoid federal shutdown (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – The endgame at hand, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders expressed optimism Thursday at prospects for swift compromise to extend Social Security tax cuts, keep long-term jobless benefits flowing and avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday.


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Tiniest babies are growing up healthy despite odds (AP)

FILE - This June 1989 file photo provided by the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., shows Madeline Mann shortly after her premature birth weighing 9.9 ounces. She is now an honors student in psychology at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. A medical report released Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Pediatrics Journal details their progress but says most babies born that small fare poorly.  (AP Photo/Loyola University Medical Center, A. Hayashi)AP – One is a healthy first-grader, the other an honors college student majoring in psychology. Once the tiniest babies ever born, both girls are thriving, despite long odds when they entered the world weighing less than a pound.


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Obama asserts growing US stake in Asia (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011, photo, U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – President Barack Obama’s close attention to the Asia-Pacific region signaled both a turn toward a part of the world experiencing solid growth and one away from Europe’s dark economic woes, at least temporarily.


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Government job losses a growing drag on recovery (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, job-seekers flock to employer tents during a job fair at Crenshaw Christian Center in South Los Angeles.  Politics aside, government already is shrinking. State and local governments have shed over a half million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. Those losses are holding back broader recovery efforts and keeping national unemployment painfully high (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP – Conservative Republicans have long clamored for government downsizing. They’re starting to get it — by default.


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Panetta warns Israel against growing isolation (AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta answers questions aboard an Air Force plane over the Atlantic Ocean Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. Panetta is traveling to the Middle East to meet with leaders on various issues related to the region. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)AP – The continuing turmoil in the Middle East makes it crucial that Israel finds ways to communicate with other nations in the region if it’s ever going to enjoy peace and stability, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned in a blunt assessment.


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Hiring standstill points to growing recession risk (AP)

Job Seekers line up for interviews during a job fair  Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in San Mateo, Calif. Employers added no net workers last month and the unemployment rate was unchanged, a sign that many were nervous the U.S. economy is at risk of slipping into another recession. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP – Employers added no jobs in August — an alarming setback for the economy that renewed fears of another recession and raised pressure on Washington to end the hiring standstill.


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