Blue whales a refreshing sight off Long Beach - Los Angeles Times Blogs (Catalina island)
Akram Falah, a former Marine, says he has survived three tours of duty in Iraq. A scar runs the length of his right leg. Shrapnel. Not too serious. Grape-sized entry and exit wounds are visible in the biceps area of his left arm, caused by a sniper
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