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June 28, 2007: Headlines

A heartening tale: the comeback of the Seattle Aquarium

Posted Thu, Jun 28, 2 p.m.

After years of uncertainty and setbacks, the Seattle Aquarium unveils a $41 million expansion that showcases the watery critters of Puget Sound and beyond.

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejects race as a factor in school assignments

Posted Thu, Jun 28, 7 a.m.

Based in part on a Seattle Public Schools case, justices ruled 5-4 that ethnicity cannot be used to determine which school a student attends.

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The Senate might not be ready for the immigration bill, but Idaho is

Posted Thu, Jun 28, midnight

Many think of Mexican farm labor when it comes to the implications of any legislation redefining immigration law. But there's also a vast middle class of prosperous business people, and some of them waded across the Rio Grande to get here – like Martin Rodriguez, who today is a voting citizen.

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